Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/novakъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *novъ (“new”) + *-akъ. Cognate with Lithuanian naujõkas (“novice”), Ancient Greek νέᾱκος (néākos, “young man”).
Noun
*novãkъ m[1]
Declension
Declension of *novãkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *novãkъ | *novākà | *novācì |
| genitive | *novākà | *novākù | *novãkъ |
| dative | *novākù | *novākòma | *novākòmъ |
| accusative | *novãkъ | *novākà | *novākỳ |
| instrumental | *novākъ̀mь, *novākòmь* | *novākòma | *novãky |
| locative | *novācě̀ | *novākù | *novãcěxъ |
| vocative | *novače | *novākà | *novācì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: новак (novak)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*novakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “новак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 671
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*novákъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357: “m. o ‘novice’”