Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zima
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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
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ.
Noun
Declension
Declension of *zimà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *zimà | *zȋmě | *zȋmy |
| genitive | *zimý | *zimù | *zĩmъ |
| dative | *zimě̀ | *zimàma | *zimàmъ |
| accusative | *zȋmǫ | *zȋmě | *zȋmy |
| instrumental | *zimojǫ́ | *zimàma | *zimàmi |
| locative | *zȋmě | *zimù | *zimàsъ, *zimàxъ* |
| vocative | *zimo | *zȋmě | *zȋmy |
* -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.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
See also
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зима́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zimà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 544: “f. ā (c) ‘winter’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “zima zimy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c winter (NA 87, 141; SA 24, 44; PR 138)”