Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sekyra
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Cognate with Latin secūris (“axe”). Compare Akkadian 𒅆𒆕 (/šukurru/, “metal wedge, spear, axe”), Biblical Hebrew [script needed] (šegōr, “axe”).
Noun
*sekyra f
Declension
Declension of *sekyra (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sekyra | *sekyrě | *sekyry |
| genitive | *sekyry | *sekyru | *sekyrъ |
| dative | *sekyrě | *sekyrama | *sekyramъ |
| accusative | *sekyrǫ | *sekyrě | *sekyry |
| instrumental | *sekyrojǫ, *sekyrǫ** | *sekyrama | *sekyrami |
| locative | *sekyrě | *sekyru | *sekyrasъ, *sekyraxъ* |
| vocative | *sekyro | *sekyrě | *sekyry |
* -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).
See also
- *sěťi (“to cut, mow”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “секира”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress