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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/serda
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śerd-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-. Cognate with Lithuanian šerdìs (“core, kernel, pith”). For the sense "middle of the week", compare German Mittwoch.
Declension
Declension of *serdà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *serdà | *sȇrdě | *sȇrdy |
Accusative | *sȇrdǫ | *sȇrdě | *sȇrdy |
Genitive | *serdý | *serdù | *sẽrdъ |
Locative | *sȇrdě | *serdù | *serdàsъ, *serdàxъ* |
Dative | *serdě̀ | *serdàma | *serdàmъ |
Instrumental | *serdojǫ́ | *serdàma | *serdàmi |
Vocative | *serdo | *sȇrdě | *sȇrdy |
* -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.
See also
- (days of the week) *dьne tъdьne; *ponedělъkъ/*ponedělьnikъ, *vъtorъkъ/*vъtorьnikъ, *serda, *četvьrtъkъ, *pętъkъ, *sǫbota, *neděľa
Related terms
- *sьrdьce (“heart”)
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