Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/modla
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldāˀ, equivalent to *modliti + *-a. Cognate with Lithuanian maldà (“prayer”), Old Prussian maddla (“prayer”).
Noun[edit]
*modla f
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *modla (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *modla | *modlě | *modly |
genitive | *modly | *modlu | *modlъ |
dative | *modlě | *modlama | *modlamъ |
accusative | *modlǫ | *modlě | *modly |
instrumental | *modlojǫ, *modlǫ** | *modlama | *modlami |
locative | *modlě | *modlu | *modlasъ, *modlaxъ* |
vocative | *modlo | *modlě | *modly |
* -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).
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modla”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 320