Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/mauˀras

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

According to Martirosyan[1], belongs with Old Armenian մաւր (mawr, “mud, marsh, swamp”) and perhaps մուր (mur, “soot”) and together with them may be treated as a European substrate word.

Noun

*mauˀras m [2]

mud

Inflection

Declension of *mauˀras (o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mauˀras	*mauˀrōˀ	*mauˀrai
Accusative	*mauˀrun	*mauˀrōˀ	*mauˀruns
Genitive	*mauˀrā	*mauˀrauš	*mauˀrun
Locative	*mauˀrai	*mauˀrauš	*mauˀraišu
Dative	*mauˀrōi	*mauˀramō	*mauˀramas
Instrumental	*mauˀrōˀ	*mauˀramō	*mauˀramiš
Vocative	*mauˀre	*mauˀrōˀ	*mauˀrai

Descendants

Latvian: maurs
Lithuanian: máuras, mauraĩ
Slavic: *murъ

References

Martirosyan, Hrach (2009), “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies‎, volume 4, issue 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*murъ I; *mura”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “*mouʔros”

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[1] Martirosyan, Hrach (2009), “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies‎, volume 4, issue 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*murъ I; *mura”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “*mouʔros”