Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)krajь

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 *o(b)- +‎ *krajь.

Noun

*o(b)krajь m[1]

  1. outskirts, edge of something, something located on the edge

Declension

Declension of *o(b)krajь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *o(b)krajь *o(b)kraja *o(b)kraji
genitive *o(b)kraja *o(b)kraju *o(b)krajь
dative *o(b)kraju *o(b)krajema *o(b)krajemъ
accusative *o(b)krajь *o(b)kraja *o(b)kraję̇
instrumental *o(b)krajьmь, *o(b)krajemь* *o(b)krajema *o(b)kraji
locative *o(b)kraji *o(b)kraju *o(b)krajixъ
vocative *o(b)kraju *o(b)kraja *o(b)kraji

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *окраи (*okrai)
      • Old Ruthenian: *окрай (*okraj)
        • Ukrainian: о́край (ókraj)
      • Russian: окра́й (okráj) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: окрај; о̏крај (dialectal)
      Latin script: okraj; ȍkraj (dialectal)
    • Old Slovene: okraj, okraji
      • Slovene: okràj, obkràj (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2000), “*obkrajь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 27 (*obgordja/*obgordjь – *oblězati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166