Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьskra
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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
Etymology
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Noun
*jь̀skra f[1]
Declension
Declension of *jь̀skra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jь̀skra | *jь̀skrě | *jь̀skry |
| genitive | *jь̀skry | *jь̀skru | *jь̀skrъ |
| dative | *jь̀skrě | *jь̀skrama | *jь̀skramъ |
| accusative | *jь̀skrǫ | *jь̀skrě | *jь̀skry |
| instrumental | *jь̀skrojǫ, *jь̀skrǭ** | *jь̀skrama | *jь̀skramī |
| locative | *jь̀skrě | *jь̀skru | *jь̀skrasъ, *jь̀skraxъ* |
| vocative | *jь̀skro | *jь̀skrě | *jь̀skry |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “и́скра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*jь̀skra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 214: “f. ā (a) ‘spark’”