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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grakъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *grati (“to play music”) + *-kъ, onomatopoeic in nature. Probably related to Proto-Indo-European *greh₂- (“to cry”).
Declension
Declension of *grakъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *grakъ | *graka | *graci |
genitive | *graka | *graku | *grakъ |
dative | *graku | *grakoma | *grakomъ |
accusative | *grakъ | *graka | *graky |
instrumental | *grakъmь, *grakomь* | *grakoma | *graky |
locative | *gracě | *graku | *gracěxъ |
vocative | *grače | *graka | *graci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Alternative forms
- *graka f
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: grak (dialectal)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grakъ/*graka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 103
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гра́кать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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