Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diřa
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the intensive stem *dir- + *-ja of Proto-Slavic *dьrati (“to tear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear”).
Noun
[edit]*dìřa f
- Alternative form of *dira
Declension
[edit]Declension of *diřa (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *diřa | *diři | *diřę̇ |
genitive | *diřę̇ | *diřu | *diřь |
dative | *diři | *diřama | *diřamъ |
accusative | *diřǫ | *diři | *diřę̇ |
instrumental | *diřejǫ, *diřǫ** | *diřama | *diřami |
locative | *diři | *diřu | *diřasъ, *diřaxъ* |
vocative | *diře | *diři | *diřę̇ |
* -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).