Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ręsa

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

Per Vasmer, originating from *ręditi (“to arrange”) +‎ *-sa.

Noun

*ręsà f

edge, fringe
eyelashes (collectively)
duckweed, turf

Inflection

Declension of *ręsà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ręsà	*rę̑sě	*rę̑sy
Accusative	*rę̑sǫ	*rę̑sě	*rę̑sy
Genitive	*ręsý	*ręsù	*rę̃sъ
Locative	*rę̑sě	*ręsù	ręsàsъ, ręsàxъ^*
Dative	*ręsě̀	*ręsàma	*ręsàmъ
Instrumental	*ręsojǫ́	*ręsàma	*ręsàmi
Vocative	*ręso	*rę̑sě	*rę̑sy

^* -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.

Derived terms

*ręsьnъ (“dense, interlaced”)
*ręsьna (“fringe”)
*ręsьnica (“eyelash”) (diminutive form)
*ręsьka (“scar, mark”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ряса (rjasa)
  - Russian: ряса (rjasa)
  - Ukrainian: ряса (rjasa)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: рѧса (ręsa)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱃⱑⱄⰰ (rěsa)
- Bulgarian: реса (resa, “contour strand (in sewing)”)
- Macedonian: реса (resa, “tassel”)
- Serbo-Croatian: ре́са (“turf”)
- Slovene: rẹ́sа
West Slavic:
- Czech: řаsа
- Polish: rzęsa
- Slovak: riasa (“seaweed”)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: rěsа
  - Upper Sorbian: rjasa

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “ря́са”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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