Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьzměna
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *jьz- + *měna (“change”).
Noun[edit]
*jьzměna f
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *jьzměna (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *jьzměna | *jьzměně | *jьzměny |
genitive | *jьzměny | *jьzměnu | *jьzměnъ |
dative | *jьzměně | *jьzměnama | *jьzměnamъ |
accusative | *jьzměnǫ | *jьzměně | *jьzměny |
instrumental | *jьzměnojǫ, *jьzměnǫ** | *jьzměnama | *jьzměnami |
locative | *jьzměně | *jьzměnu | *jьzměnasъ, *jьzměnaxъ* |
vocative | *jьzměno | *jьzměně | *jьzměny |
* -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:
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*jьzměna”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 46