Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьrcadlo
Proto-Slavic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom *zьrkati + *-dlo, a calque of Latin speculum.
Noun
edit*zьrcadlo n
Inflection
editDeclension of *zьrcadlo (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *zьrcadlo | *zьrcadlě | *zьrcadla |
genitive | *zьrcadla | *zьrcadlu | *zьrcadlъ |
dative | *zьrcadlu | *zьrcadloma | *zьrcadlomъ |
accusative | *zьrcadlo | *zьrcadlě | *zьrcadla |
instrumental | *zьrcadlъmь, *zьrcadlomь* | *zьrcadloma | *zьrcadly |
locative | *zьrcadlě | *zьrcadlu | *zьrcadlěxъ |
vocative | *zьrcadlo | *zьrcadlě | *zьrcadla |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zrcadlo, zrcadło (alternative writing)
- Czech: zrcadlo
- Polabian: zarḱódlü
- Old Polish: wierciadło, źwierciadło, źwierzciadło, źwirciadło
- Polish: zwierciadło (literary, poetic)
- Slovak: zrkadlo
- Old Czech: zrcadlo, zrcadło (alternative writing)
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зе́ркало”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress