Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nozdra

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *nȍzdьřa, hypothetically from a Pre-slavic form such as *nasdirjā, apparently from *nȍsъ (nose) + *dьràti (to tear, to flay; to cut into pieces).

Noun

*nozdrà f

  1. nostril

Inflection

Declension of *nozdrà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *nozdrà *nȍzdrě *nȍzdry
genitive *nozdrý *nozdrù *nòzdrъ
dative *nozdrě̀ *nozdràma *nozdràmъ
accusative *nȍzdrǫ *nȍzdrě *nȍzdry
instrumental *nozdrojǫ́ *nozdràma *nozdràmi
locative *nȍzdrě *nozdrù *nozdràsъ, *nozdràxъ*
vocative *nozdro *nȍzdrě *nȍzdry

* -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.

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2014) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije. Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ”, in Languages of Slavic Culture (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences:ноздрь, ноздряnozdrʹ, nozdrja
  2. ^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2014) “K rekonstrukcii akcentnyx klassov balto-slavjanskix glagolov*”, in Balto-slavjanskije issledovanija – XIX, Moscow – Saint-Petersburg: The work was carried out with the support of the basic research Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nozdŗa, *nozdra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357