Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sekyra
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
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Cognate with Latin secūris (“axe”) and Ancient Greek σάγαρις (ságaris, “single-edged battle axe used by Scythians”). Probably not related to Akkadian 𒅆𒆕 (/šukurru/, “metal wedge, spear, axe”) which can have various other relations like to the frequent root related to locking, blocking (Arabic شَجَرَ (šajara, “to tie up, to keep off”) and loanwords سُكَّار (sukkār) and سَاجُور (sājūr)).
Noun
*sekyra f
Declension
Declension of *sekyra (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sekyra | *sekyrě | *sekyry |
| genitive | *sekyry | *sekyru | *sekyrъ |
| dative | *sekyrě | *sekyrama | *sekyramъ |
| accusative | *sekyrǫ | *sekyrě | *sekyry |
| instrumental | *sekyrojǫ, *sekyrǫ** | *sekyrama | *sekyrami |
| locative | *sekyrě | *sekyru | *sekyrasъ, *sekyraxъ* |
| vocative | *sekyro | *sekyrě | *sekyry |
* -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).
See also
- *sěťi (“to cut, mow”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “соки́ра”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 345
- Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “соки́ра”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 1026
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2010), “сяке́ра”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 13 (су- – трапка́ч), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN - Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “секи́ра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- “skr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “sgr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- H5462 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible