Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/murava
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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
From *mura, *murъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras (“mud”).
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *murava | *muravě | *muravy |
| genitive | *muravy | *muravu | *muravъ |
| dative | *muravě | *muravama | *muravamъ |
| accusative | *muravǫ | *muravě | *muravy |
| instrumental | *muravojǫ, *muravǫ** | *muravama | *muravami |
| locative | *muravě | *muravu | *muravasъ, *muravaxъ* |
| vocative | *muravo | *muravě | *muravy |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*murava”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 192
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мурава́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress