Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tropa
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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]Per Vasmer, related to *trepati, *tropati. Compare Latvian trара, Albanian trap, Ancient Greek ἀτραπός (atrapós).
Noun
[edit]*tropa f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *tropa (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *tropa | *tropě | *tropy |
| genitive | *tropy | *tropu | *tropъ |
| dative | *tropě | *tropama | *tropamъ |
| accusative | *tropǫ | *tropě | *tropy |
| instrumental | *tropojǫ, *tropǫ** | *tropama | *tropami |
| locative | *tropě | *tropu | *tropasъ, *tropaxъ* |
| vocative | *tropo | *tropě | *tropy |
* -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]Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тропа́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress