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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kura
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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
*kurъ (“rooster”) + *-a.
Declension
Declension of *kùra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kùra | *kùrě | *kùry |
| Accusative | *kùrǫ | *kùrě | *kùry |
| Genitive | *kùry | *kùru | *kùrъ |
| Locative | *kùrě | *kùru | *kùrasъ, *kùraxъ* |
| Dative | *kùrě | *kùrama | *kùramъ |
| Instrumental | *kùrojǫ, *kùrǭ** | *kùrama | *kùramī |
| Vocative | *kùro | *kùrě | *kùry |
* -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
References
- Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics), volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 508
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