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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Related to *zьrěti (“to observe”). Cognate with Lithuanian žarà (“dawn, sunset, hot coal”), žarijà (“hot coal”) and Old Prussian sari (“glow”).
Noun
*zořà f
- aurora, dawn, daybreak
Inflection
* -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).
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 548
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “заря́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress