Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/komarъ

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

*komãrъ m

1. mosquito

Declension

Declension of *komãrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*komãrъ	*komārà	*komārì
genitive	*komārà	*komārù	*komãrъ
dative	*komārù	*komāròma	*komāròmъ
accusative	*komãrъ	*komārà	*komārỳ
instrumental	*komārъ̀mь, *komāròmь*	*komāròma	*komãry
locative	*komārě̀	*komārù	*komãrěxъ
vocative	*komare	*komārà	*komārì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

See also

• *bǫbarъ (“beetle; bumblebee”)
• *bьčela (“bee”)
• *čьmeľь (“bumblebee”)
• *komarъ (“mosquito”)
• *muxa (“fly”)
• *osa (“wasp”)
• *sьrxy (“hornet”)
• *trǫtъ (“drone”)
• *žuža

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: кама́р (kamár)
  • Russian: кома́р (komár)
  • Ukrainian: кома́р (komár)
    • Polish: komar
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: кома́р (komár)
  • Macedonian: комарец (komarec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кома́рац

    Latin script: komárac

  • Slovene: komár (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: komár
  • Old Polish: komor (cf. e.g. Komorów, Komorowski)
  • Slovak: komár
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: komar
    • Upper Sorbian: komor