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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sirota
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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
Declension
Declension of *sirota (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sirota | *sirotě | *siroty |
| Accusative | *sirotǫ | *sirotě | *siroty |
| Genitive | *siroty | *sirotu | *sirotъ |
| Locative | *sirotě | *sirotu | *sirotasъ, *sirotaxъ* |
| Dative | *sirotě | *sirotama | *sirotamъ |
| Instrumental | *sirotojǫ, *sirotǫ** | *sirotama | *sirotami |
| Vocative | *siroto | *sirotě | *siroty |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “си́рый”, 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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