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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/netopyřь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Compounded term, with the first element *neto- possibly reflecting Proto-Indo-European *nekʷto-, oblique e-grade of *nókʷts (“night”). The second element is usually taken to be *pyřь (“flier”), from the lengthened zero grade of the same root also found in *pariti and *pьrati.
Declension
Declension of *netopyřь (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *netopyřь | *netopyřa | *netopyři |
Accusative | *netopyřь | *netopyřa | *netopyřę̇ |
Genitive | *netopyřa | *netopyřu | *netopyřь |
Locative | *netopyři | *netopyřu | *netopyřixъ |
Dative | *netopyřu | *netopyřema | *netopyřemъ |
Instrumental | *netopyřьmь, *netopyřemь* | *netopyřema | *netopyři |
Vocative | *netopyřu | *netopyřa | *netopyři |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1997), “*ne(k)topyrь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 24, Moscow: Nauka, page 143
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “нетопырь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*netopyŗь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350: “m. jo ‘bat’”
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