Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nauka

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

Deverbal from *naučiti, from *učiti (“to teach”).

Noun

*nauka f

  1. teaching, learning
  2. knowledge
  3. science

Declension

Declension of *nauka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *nauka *naucě *nauky
genitive *nauky *nauku *naukъ
dative *naucě *naukama *naukamъ
accusative *naukǫ *naucě *nauky
instrumental *naukojǫ, *naukǫ** *naukama *naukami
locative *naucě *nauku *naukasъ, *naukaxъ*
vocative *nauko *naucě *nauky

* -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:
    • Belarusian: наву́ка (navúka)
    • Russian: нау́ка (naúka)
    • Ukrainian: нау́ка (naúka)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*nauka/*naukъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 195
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нау́ка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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