Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/boršьna

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

From *boršьno (“flour”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*boršьna f[1][2]

  1. alternative reconstruction of *boršьňa (“food for the journey; satchel, bag”)

Inflection

Declension of *boršьna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *boršьna *boršьně *boršьny
genitive *boršьny *boršьnu *boršьnъ
dative *boršьně *boršьnama *boršьnamъ
accusative *boršьnǫ *boršьně *boršьny
instrumental *boršьnojǫ, *boršьnǭ** *boršьnama *boršьnamī
locative *boršьně *boršьnu *boršьnasъ, *boršьnaxъ*
vocative *boršьno *boršьně *boršьny

* -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).

References

  1. ^ Anikin, A. E. (2011) “бо́рошна”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 93: “прасл. *boršьna/*boršьn’a ― prasl. *boršʹna/*boršʹn’a”
  2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “boršьna : boršьn'a”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 330
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.