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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osnova
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Related to *snuti.
Inflection
Declension of *osnova (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *osnova | *osnově | *osnovy |
genitive | *osnovy | *osnovu | *osnovъ |
dative | *osnově | *osnovama | *osnovamъ |
accusative | *osnovǫ | *osnově | *osnovy |
instrumental | *osnovojǫ, *osnovǫ** | *osnovama | *osnovami |
locative | *osnově | *osnovu | *osnovasъ, *osnovaxъ* |
vocative | *osnovo | *osnově | *osnovy |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “основа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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