Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьkyni
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Greek (female person)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *grьkyni (ī-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *grьkyni | *grьkyňi | *grьkyňę̇ |
| genitive | *grьkyňę̇ | *grьkyňu | *grьkyňь |
| dative | *grьkyňi | *grьkyňama | *grьkyňamъ |
| accusative | *grьkyňǫ | *grьkyňi | *grьkyňę̇ |
| instrumental | *grьkyňejǫ, *grьkyňǫ** | *grьkyňama | *grьkyňami |
| locative | *grьkyňi | *grьkyňu | *grьkyňasъ, *grьkyňaxъ* |
| vocative | *grьkyňe | *grьkyňi | *grьkyňę̇ |
* -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).
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: гърки́ня (gǎrkínja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: Gȓkinja (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: gërqinjë
References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grьkъ, *grьčinъ, *grьkyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 163
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “grьkyn'i”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 265