Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/narodъ

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

From *na- +‎ *rodъ (“race”).

Noun

*nāròdъ m

1. people, nation

Declension

Declension of *nāròdъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nāròdъ	*naroda	*narodi
genitive	*naroda	*narodu	*narodъ
dative	*narodu	*narodoma	*narodomъ
accusative	*nāròdъ	*naroda	*narody
instrumental	*narodъmь, *narodomь*	*narodoma	*narody
locative	*narodě	*narodu	*naroděxъ
vocative	*narode	*naroda	*narodi

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

Derived terms

• *narodьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: наро́д (naród)
  • Russian: наро́д (naród), наро́дъ (naród) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    • → Bezhta: наръадуа (narʔadwa)
    • → Kildin Sami: нарэдт (naredt)
    • → Komi-Zyrian: народ (narod)
    • → Yakut: норуот (noruot)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: наро́д (naród)
  • Ukrainian: наро́д (naród)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: народъ (narodŭ)
  • Bulgarian: народ (narod)
  • Macedonian: народ (narod)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: на́род

    Latin script: národ

  • Slovene: národ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: národ
  • Polish: naród
  • Slovak: národ
• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: norod