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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tímāˀ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *tm̥H-éh₂, from *temH- (“dark”).

Noun

*tímāˀ f [1][2]

  1. darkness

Inflection
Declension of *tímāˀ (ā-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *timāˀ *timaiˀ *timāˀs
Accusative *timanˀ *timaiˀ *timāˀs
Genitive *timāˀs *timāˀuš? *timun
Locative *timāiˀ *timāˀuš? *timāˀsu
Dative *timāiˀ *timāˀmō *timāˀmas
Instrumental *timāˀm *timāˀmō *timāˀmiš
Vocative *tima *timaiˀ *timāˀs

Descendants
  • Latvian: tima
  • Slavic: *tьmà (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьma”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504: “*timaʔ”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015), “tima”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553: “*timaʔ”
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