Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drěkъ
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from an earlier substantivized adjective[1] cognate with Lithuanian draĩkas (“slender, erect”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *draikas. According to Skok, possibly related to Proto-Slavic *drьkolь (“stick”). Further etymology is uncertain.
Noun[edit]
*drěkъ m
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *drěkъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *drěkъ | *drěka | *drěci |
genitive | *drěka | *drěku | *drěkъ |
dative | *drěku | *drěkoma | *drěkomъ |
accusative | *drěkъ | *drěka | *drěky |
instrumental | *drěkъmь, *drěkomь* | *drěkoma | *drěky |
locative | *drěcě | *drěku | *drěcěxъ |
vocative | *drěče | *drěka | *drěci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms[edit]
- *drěčьnъ (“robust, strong, supportive”)
Related terms[edit]
- *drika (“shaft, rail”)
- *drьkolь (“stick, club”) (possibly)
- *dьrkati, *dьrcati (“to pull, to pluck”) (possibly)
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: дрік m (drik, “broom, gorse (Ulex)”) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading[edit]
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drěkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 108
- Skok, Petar (1971) “drȇk¹”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 432
- “draikas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012