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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bara
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This Proto-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-Slavic
Etymology
Possibly a substrate word.
Declension
Declension of *bara (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bara | *bàrě | *bàry |
| Accusative | *bàrǫ | *bàrě | *bàry |
| Genitive | *bàry | *bàru | *bàrъ |
| Locative | *bàrě | *bàru | *bàrasъ, *bàraxъ* |
| Dative | *bàrě | *bàrama | *bàramъ |
| Instrumental | *bàrojǫ, *bàrǭ** | *bàrama | *bàramī |
| Vocative | *bàro | *bàrě | *bàry |
* -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
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bara”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, page 153
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “бара”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “bara -y”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (157)”
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