Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slimakъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sleiˀm-, from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y-m-. Cognate with Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax, “slug”), Latin līmāx (“slug”).
Noun
*slimakъ m
Declension
Declension of *slimakъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *slimakъ | *slimaka | *slimaci |
| genitive | *slimaka | *slimaku | *slimakъ |
| dative | *slimaku | *slimakoma | *slimakomъ |
| accusative | *slimakъ | *slimaka | *slimaky |
| instrumental | *slimakъmь, *slimakomь* | *slimakoma | *slimaky |
| locative | *slimacě | *slimaku | *slimacěxъ |
| vocative | *slimače | *slimaka | *slimaci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Macedonian: (dialectal) слимук (slimuk)
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slimakъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 453
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “слима́к”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress