Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žara
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
*žara f[1]
Declension[edit]
Declension of *žara (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *žara | *žarě | *žary |
| genitive | *žary | *žaru | *žarъ |
| dative | *žarě | *žarama | *žaramъ |
| accusative | *žarǫ | *žarě | *žary |
| instrumental | *žarojǫ, *žarǫ** | *žarama | *žarami |
| locative | *žarě | *žaru | *žarasъ, *žaraxъ* |
| vocative | *žaro | *žarě | *žary |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: žara (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Slovak: žiara
References[edit]
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2022) “жара́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 16 (ерепениться – житьё), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 143: “*žara”