Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bagra
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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
Noun
- Alternative form of *bagrъ (“purple”)
Declension
Declension of *bagra (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bagra | *bagrě | *bagry |
| genitive | *bagry | *bagru | *bagrъ |
| dative | *bagrě | *bagrama | *bagramъ |
| accusative | *bagrǫ | *bagrě | *bagry |
| instrumental | *bagrojǫ, *bagrǫ** | *bagrama | *bagrami |
| locative | *bagrě | *bagru | *bagrasъ, *bagraxъ* |
| vocative | *bagro | *bagrě | *bagry |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ба́гра (báhra, “purple paint”) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bagrъ 1”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 178
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bag(ъ)rъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 130