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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьgra
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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 from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyg- (“to stir, set in motion”), which would make it cognate to Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigís).
Inflection
Declension of *jьgrà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *jьgrà | *jь̀grě | *jьgrỳ |
| Accusative | *jьgrǫ̀ | *jь̀grě | *jьgrỳ |
| Genitive | *jьgrỳ | *jьgrù | *jь̀grъ |
| Locative | *jьgrě̀ | *jьgrù | *jьgràsъ, *jьgràxъ* |
| Dative | *jьgrě̀ | *jьgràma | *jьgràmъ |
| Instrumental | *jьgròjǫ, *jь̀grǫ** | *jьgràma | *jьgràmī |
| Vocative | *jьgro | *jь̀grě | *jьgrỳ |
* -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).
Alternative forms
- *jьgrь
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic: игра (igra)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “игра”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1981), “*jьgra”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 08, Moscow: Nauka, page 208
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jьgra; *jьgrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 209: “f. ā; m. o (b) ‘play, game’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “jьgra jьgry”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b spil (PR 135)”
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