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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kruša
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *grušiti or *krušiti + *-ja, called so after its pulp. Cognate with Lithuanian kriaušė, Latvian krause (“pear tree”).
Inflection
Declension of *krùša (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *krùša | *krùši | *krùšę̇ |
genitive | *krùšę̇ | *krùšu | *krùšь |
dative | *krùšī | *krùšama | *krùšāmъ |
accusative | *krùšǫ | *krùši | *krùšę̇ |
instrumental | *krùšējǫ, *krùšǭ* | *krùšama | *krùšāmī |
locative | *krùšī | *krùšu | *krùšāsъ |
vocative | *krùše | *krùši | *krùšę̇ |
* 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).
Alternative forms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gruša”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 156
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