Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mauˀras
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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
According to Martirosyan[1], belongs with Old Armenian մաւր (mawr, “mud, marsh, swamp”) and perhaps մուր (mur, “soot”) and together with them may be treated as a European substrate word. According to Rejzek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mewr-.[2]
Noun
*mauˀras m[3]
Inflection
| Declension of *mauˀras (o-stem, unknown accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *mauˀras | *mauˀrōˀ | *mauˀrai(ˀ) | |
| Accusative | *mauˀran | *mauˀrōˀ | *mauˀrō(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *mauˀrā | *mauˀrāu(ˀ) | *mauˀrōn | |
| Locative | *mauˀrai | *mauˀrāu(ˀ) | *mauˀraišu | |
| Dative | *mauˀrōi | *mauˀramā(ˀ) | *mauˀramas | |
| Instrumental | *mauˀrōˀ | *mauˀramāˀ | *mauˀrōis | |
| Vocative | *mauˀre | *mauˀrōˀ | *mauˀrai(ˀ) | |
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *murъ (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2009) “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies[1], volume 4, number 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180
- ^ Template:R:Rejzek 2007
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*murъ I; *mura”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “*mouʔros”