Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/netopyřь
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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]Compounded term, with the first element *neto- possibly reflecting Proto-Indo-European *nekʷto-, oblique e-grade of *nókʷts (“night”). The second element is usually taken to be *pyřь (“flier”), from the lengthened zero grade of the same root also found in *pariti and *pьrati. Another theory states it is the result of folk etymology or taboo deformation, based on *lepetyřь, *lepotyřь from *lepetati, *lepotati (“to fly irregularly; to be noisy by being screamy”); *-yřь.[1]
Noun
[edit]*netopyřь m[2]
- bat (flying mammal)
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *netopyřь | *netopyřa | *netopyři |
| genitive | *netopyřa | *netopyřu | *netopyřь |
| dative | *netopyřu | *netopyřema | *netopyřemъ |
| accusative | *netopyřь | *netopyřa | *netopyřę̇ |
| instrumental | *netopyřьmь, *netopyřemь* | *netopyřema | *netopyři |
| locative | *netopyři | *netopyřu | *netopyřixъ |
| vocative | *netopyřu | *netopyřa | *netopyři |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*ne(k)topyrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 143
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “нетопырь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Machek, Václav (1968), “netopýr”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 397
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*netopyŗь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350: “m. jo ‘bat’”