Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pokojь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *po- + *kojь, the second part from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoyh₁-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest, peace”).
Noun
*pokòjь m[1]
- rest (break from working)
Inflection
Declension of *pokòjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pokòjь | *pokòja | *pokòji |
| genitive | *pokòja | *pokòju | *pokòjь |
| dative | *pokòju | *pokòjema | *pokòjēmъ |
| accusative | *pokòjь | *pokòja | *pokòję̇ |
| instrumental | *pokòjьmь, *pokòjemь* | *pokòjema | *pokòjī |
| locative | *pokòji | *pokòju | *pokòjīxъ |
| vocative | *pokòju | *pokòja | *pokòji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pokòjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409: “m. jo (a) ‘rest’”