Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prokaza

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 *pro- +‎ *kaziti.

Noun

*prokaza f

  1. leprosy?

Inflection

Declension of *prokaza (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *prokaza *prokazě *prokazy
genitive *prokazy *prokazu *prokazъ
dative *prokazě *prokazama *prokazamъ
accusative *prokazǫ *prokazě *prokazy
instrumental *prokazojǫ, *prokazǫ** *prokazama *prokazami
locative *prokazě *prokazu *prokazasъ, *prokazaxъ*
vocative *prokazo *prokazě *prokazy

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: проказа (prokaza)
      Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⱁⰽⰰⰸⰰ (prokaza)
    • Bulgarian: прока̀за (prokàza)

Further reading

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “проказа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 754
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прока́за”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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