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Proto-Slavic
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
- nostril
Inflection
* -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
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ноздрꙗ (nozdrja)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
References
- ↑ 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, ноздря ― nozdrʹ, nozdrja”
- ^ 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
- ^ 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