Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věra
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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 *wēˀrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁reh₂, from *weh₁- (“true”).
Noun
*vě̀ra f
Inflection
Declension of *vě̀ra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vě̀ra | *vě̀rě | *vě̀ry |
| genitive | *vě̀ry | *vě̀ru | *vě̀rъ |
| dative | *vě̀rě | *vě̀rama | *vě̀ramъ |
| accusative | *vě̀rǫ | *vě̀rě | *vě̀ry |
| instrumental | *vě̀rojǫ, *vě̀rǭ** | *vě̀rama | *vě̀ramī |
| locative | *vě̀rě | *vě̀ru | *vě̀rasъ, *vě̀raxъ* |
| vocative | *vě̀ro | *vě̀rě | *vě̀ry |
* -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).
Derived terms
Descendants
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- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*věra”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 520
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вера”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “вера”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 141
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “вера”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa