Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kortъkъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *kõrtъ (“instance, occurence”) + *-ъkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kártas, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd-, *(s)kert- (“short”) + *-kъ. Related to Latin curtus, Proto-Germanic *skurtaz and English curt.
Adjective
*kortъ̀kъ[1]
Declension
Indefinite declension of *kortъkъ (hard)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kortъkъ | *kortъka | *kortъko |
| genitive | *kortъka | *kortъky | *kortъka |
| dative | *kortъku | *kortъcě | *kortъku |
| accusative | *kortъkъ | *kortъkǫ | *kortъko |
| instrumental | *kortъkomь | *kortъkojǫ | *kortъkomь |
| locative | *kortъcě | *kortъcě | *kortъcě |
| vocative | *kortъče | *kortъko | *kortъko |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *kortъka | *kortъcě | *kortъcě |
| genitive | *kortъku | *kortъku | *kortъku |
| dative | *kortъkoma | *kortъkama | *kortъkoma |
| accusative | *kortъka | *kortъcě | *kortъcě |
| instrumental | *kortъkoma | *kortъkama | *kortъkoma |
| locative | *kortъku | *kortъku | *kortъku |
| vocative | *kortъka | *kortъcě | *kortъcě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *kortъci | *kortъky | *kortъka |
| genitive | *kortъkъ | *kortъkъ | *kortъkъ |
| dative | *kortъkomъ | *kortъkamъ | *kortъkomъ |
| accusative | *kortъky | *kortъky | *kortъka |
| instrumental | *kortъky | *kortъkami | *kortъky |
| locative | *kortъcěxъ | *kortъkaxъ | *kortъcěxъ |
| vocative | *kortъci | *kortъky | *kortъka |
Definite declension of *kortъkъ (hard)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: кра́тък (krátǎk)
- Macedonian: кра́ток (krátok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: krátək (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “коро́ткий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kortъ̀kъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236: “adj. o (b) ‘short’”