Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krajina

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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

*krajь (end, edge) +‎ *-ina

Noun

*krajina f

  1. region, country, area, county

Declension

Declension of *krajina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *krajina *krajině *krajiny
genitive *krajiny *krajinu *krajinъ
dative *krajině *krajinama *krajinamъ
accusative *krajinǫ *krajině *krajiny
instrumental *krajinojǫ, *krajinǫ** *krajinama *krajinami
locative *krajině *krajinu *krajinasъ, *krajinaxъ*
vocative *krajino *krajině *krajiny

* -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).

Descendants

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krajina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 87