Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dupa
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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
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *daupāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowp-eh₂, from *dʰewp-, alternative form of *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Doublet of *ďupa. Alternatively a Germanic borrowing.
Compare Lithuanian daubà (“ravine, hole, burrow”), Proto-Germanic *deupaz (> Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups, “deep”))
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *dupa (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dupa | *dupě | *dupy |
| genitive | *dupy | *dupu | *dupъ |
| dative | *dupě | *dupama | *dupamъ |
| accusative | *dupǫ | *dupě | *dupy |
| instrumental | *dupojǫ, *dupǫ** | *dupama | *dupami |
| locative | *dupě | *dupu | *dupasъ, *dupaxъ* |
| vocative | *dupo | *dupě | *dupy |
* -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).
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- South Slavic:
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Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дупло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dupa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 157
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dupa; *dupę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 124: “f. ā; n. nt ‘hole’”