Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jara
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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]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *ěra (Derksen)
Noun
[edit]- Alternative form of *jaro (“spring”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *jara (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jara | *jarě | *jary |
| genitive | *jary | *jaru | *jarъ |
| dative | *jarě | *jarama | *jaramъ |
| accusative | *jarǫ | *jarě | *jary |
| instrumental | *jarojǫ, *jarǫ** | *jarama | *jarami |
| locative | *jarě | *jaru | *jarasъ, *jaraxъ* |
| vocative | *jaro | *jarě | *jary |
* -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:
- Old East Slavic: ꙗра (jara)
- South Slavic:
References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jaro / *jara / *jarъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 175
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jary I”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 204
Further reading
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ěro *ěra *ěrъ I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 151