Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rěka
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *raikāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃royH-keh₂, from *h₃reyH-, extension of *h₃er-. Equivalent to *rě- + *-ka.
Indo-European cognates include Latin rīvus (“brook, stream”), Middle Irish rían (“river, way”), Old Irish ríathor (“torrent”), Sanskrit रय (ráya), रीयते (rī́yate), रीति (rītí), रेतस् (rétas), Gaulish *Rēnos, Albanian ritë, Old English rīþ, English rithe (dial.), Middle Low German rîn.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *rě̄kà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rě̄kà | *rě̃cě | *rě̄kỳ |
| genitive | *rě̄kỳ | *rě̄kù | *rě̃kъ |
| dative | *rě̄cě̀ | *rě̄kàma | *rě̄kàmъ |
| accusative | *rě̄kǫ̀ | *rě̃cě | *rě̄kỳ |
| instrumental | *rě̄kòjǫ, *rě̃kǫ** | *rě̄kàma | *rě̄kàmī |
| locative | *rě̄cě̀ | *rě̄kù | *rě̄kàsъ, *rě̄kàxъ* |
| vocative | *rěko | *rě̃cě | *rě̄kỳ |
* -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.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Declension of *rěkà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rěkà | *rě̑cě | *rě̑ky |
| genitive | *rěký | *rěkù | *rě̃kъ |
| dative | *rěcě̀ | *rěkàma | *rěkàmъ |
| accusative | *rě̑kǫ | *rě̑cě | *rě̑ky |
| instrumental | *rěkojǫ́ | *rěkàma | *rěkàmi |
| locative | *rě̑cě | *rěkù | *rěkàsъ, *rěkàxъ* |
| vocative | *rěko | *rě̑cě | *rě̑ky |
* -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.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “река”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- The template Template:R:ru:Chernykh does not use the parameter(s):
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- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “река”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rě̄kà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 434: “f. ā (b/c) ‘river’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “rěka rěky”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 156; PR 135)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “rẹ́ka”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *rěka̋”