Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rajь

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

Borrowing from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬀𐬥𐬙‎‎ (raēvant‎, “rich, splendid”), Sanskrit रयि (rayí, “wealth, goods”).

Noun

*ràjь m

paradise

Declension

Declension of *ràjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ràjь	*ràja	*ràji
Accusative	*ràjь	*ràja	*ràję̇
Genitive	*ràja	*ràju	*ràjь
Locative	*ràji	*ràju	*ràjīxъ
Dative	*ràju	*ràjema	*ràjēmъ
Instrumental	ràjьmь, ràjemь^*	*ràjema	*ràjī
Vocative	*ràju	*ràja	*ràji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: раи (rai)
  - Belarusian: рай (raj)
  - Russian: рай (raj)
  - Ukrainian: рай (raj)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: раи (rai)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱃⰰⰹ (rai)
- Bulgarian: рай (raj)
- Macedonian: рај (raj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ра̑ј
  
  Latin: rȃj
- Slovene: raj

West Slavic:
- Czech: ráj
- Kashubian: rôj
- Polish: raj
- Slovak: raj
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: raj
  - Upper Sorbian: raj

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: rai

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “рай”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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 533

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