Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gornostajь
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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
Noun
*gornostajь m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gornostajь | *gornostaja | *gornostaji |
| genitive | *gornostaja | *gornostaju | *gornostajь |
| dative | *gornostaju | *gornostajema | *gornostajemъ |
| accusative | *gornostajь | *gornostaja | *gornostaję̇ |
| instrumental | *gornostajьmь, *gornostajemь* | *gornostajema | *gornostaji |
| locative | *gornostaji | *gornostaju | *gornostajixъ |
| vocative | *gornostaju | *gornostaja | *gornostaji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гороностаи (goronostai)
- Russian: горноста́й (gornostáj)
- Ukrainian: горноста́й (hornostáj)
- Old East Slavic: гороностаи (goronostai)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: gránosəlj, gránozəlj (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “горноста́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gornostajь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 48