Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slota

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

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Cognates include Lithuanian šlapias and Persian سرد (sard).

Noun

*slota f

  1. bad weather

Inflection

Declension of *slota (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *slota *slotě *sloty
genitive *sloty *slotu *slotъ
dative *slotě *slotama *slotamъ
accusative *slotǫ *slotě *sloty
instrumental *slotojǫ, *slotǫ** *slotama *slotami
locative *slotě *slotu *slotasъ, *slotaxъ*
vocative *sloto *slotě *sloty

* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: слота (slota)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сло́та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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