Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)krajь

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 *o(b)- +‎ *krajь.

Noun

*o(b)krajь m

outskirts, edge of something, something located on the edge

Declension

Declension of *o(b)krajь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)krajь	*o(b)kraja	*o(b)kraji
genitive	*o(b)kraja	*o(b)kraju	*o(b)krajь
dative	*o(b)kraju	*o(b)krajema	*o(b)krajemъ
accusative	*o(b)krajь	*o(b)kraja	*o(b)kraję̇
instrumental	o(b)krajьmь, o(b)krajemь^*	*o(b)krajema	*o(b)kraji
locative	*o(b)kraji	*o(b)kraju	*o(b)krajixъ
vocative	*o(b)kraju	*o(b)kraja	*o(b)kraji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *окраи (*okrai)
  - Old Ruthenian: *окрай (*okraj)
    - Ukrainian: о́край (ókraj)
  - Russian: окра́й (okráj) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: окрај; о̏крај (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: okraj; ȍkraj (dialectal)
- Old Slovene: okraj, okraji
  - Slovene: okràj, obkràj (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: okraj
  - Czech: okraj
- Old Polish: okraj
  - Polish: okraj
- Slovak: okraj
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wobkraj

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2000), “*obkrajь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 27 (*obgordja/*obgordjь – *oblězati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2000), “*obkrajь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 27 (*obgordja/*obgordjь – *oblězati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166