Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zořa

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

Alternative forms

• *zařà, *zorà

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerh₁-. Akin to Lithuanian žarijà, žėrė́ti and Old Prussian sari.

Noun

*zořà f

1. aurora, dawn, daybreak

Inflection

Declension of *zořa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zořa	*zoři	*zořę̇
genitive	*zořę̇	*zořu	*zořь
dative	*zoři	*zořama	*zořamъ
accusative	*zořǫ	*zoři	*zořę̇
instrumental	*zořejǫ, *zořǫ**	*zořama	*zořami
locative	*zoři	*zořu	*zořasъ, *zořaxъ*
vocative	*zoře	*zoři	*zořę̇

^* -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).

Derived terms

noun

• *zorьnica

 

verb

• *zazoriti

 

Related terms

nouns

• *zorkъ
• *zorъ

 

verb

• *zьrěti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: заря́ (zarjá), зоря́ (zorjá)
  • Ukrainian: за́ря (zárja), зоря́ (zorjá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: зарꙗ (zarja), зорꙗ (zorja)

  • Bulgarian: заря́ (zarjá), зора́ (zorá)
  • Macedonian: зора (zora)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зо̀ра

    Latin script: zòra

  • Slovene: zárja, zóra (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zora, záře
  • Old Polish: zarza, zorza
    • Polish: zorza
  • Slovak: zora, žiara
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: zoŕa

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “заря́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress