Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/basnь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Morphologically *bajati + *-snь.
Noun
*basnь f[1]
Declension
Declension of *basnь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *basnь | *basni | *basni |
| genitive | *basni | *basnьju, *basňu* | *basnьjь, *basni* |
| dative | *basni | *basnьma | *basnьmъ |
| accusative | *basnь | *basni | *basni |
| instrumental | *basnьjǫ, *basňǫ* | *basnьma | *basnьmi |
| locative | *basni | *basnьju, *basňu* | *basnьxъ |
| vocative | *basni | *basni | *basni |
* 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).
Alternative forms
Related terms
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: баснь (basnĭ)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ба́сня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*basnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 01 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 161
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*basnъ; *bàsņa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 34: “f. i; f. jā”