Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrpa

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

Uncertain, possibly from or related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrˀpāˀ (“shoe”).

Noun

*kъrpa f[1][2]

  1. piece of cloth

Inflection

Declension of *kъrpa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kъrpa *kъrpě *kъrpy
genitive *kъrpy *kъrpu *kъrpъ
dative *kъrpě *kъrpama *kъrpamъ
accusative *kъrpǫ *kъrpě *kъrpy
instrumental *kъrpojǫ, *kъrpǫ** *kъrpama *kъrpami
locative *kъrpě *kъrpu *kъrpasъ, *kъrpaxъ*
vocative *kъrpo *kъrpě *kъrpy

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: корпа́ть (korpátʹ, “to mend clothes”) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kъ̀rpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSl. *kúrʔp(i)aʔ”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kurpė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “BSL *kúrʔp(i)aʔ; PSL *kъ̀rpa”
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