Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/novakъ
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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]
From *novъ (“new”) + *-akъ. Cognate with Lithuanian naujõkas (“novice”), Ancient Greek νέᾱκος (néākos, “young man”).
Noun[edit]
*novãkъ m[1]
Declension[edit]
Declension of *novãkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *novãkъ | *novākà | *novācì |
| Accusative | *novãkъ | *novākà | *novākỳ |
| Genitive | *novākà | *novākù | *novãkъ |
| Locative | *novācě̀ | *novākù | *novãcěxъ |
| Dative | *novākù | *novākòma | *novākòmъ |
| Instrumental | *novākъ̀mь, *novākòmь* | *novākòma | *novãky |
| Vocative | *novače | *novākà | *novācì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: новак (novak)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading[edit]
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*novakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 25: (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
- Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “новак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 671
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*novákъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357: “m. o ‘novice’”