Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rǫka
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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
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.
Noun
Declension
Declension of *rǫkà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rǫkà | *rǫ̑cě | *rǫ̑ky |
| genitive | *rǫký | *rǫkù | *rǫ̃kъ |
| dative | *rǫcě̀ | *rǫkàma | *rǫkàmъ |
| accusative | *rǫ̑kǫ | *rǫ̑cě | *rǫ̑ky |
| instrumental | *rǫkojǫ́ | *rǫkàma | *rǫkàmi |
| locative | *rǫ̑cě | *rǫkù | *rǫkàsъ, *rǫkàxъ* |
| vocative | *rǫko | *rǫ̑cě | *rǫ̑ky |
* -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.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rǭkà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 439
- ^ EDSIL has *rǭkà with accent paradigm c, but Dybo's law did not apply to mobile paradigms, and thus could not have produced pretonic length. No length is reflected in Czech, Slovak or Polish, where it would be expected.