Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tropa

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

Per Vasmer, related to *trepati, *tropati. Compare Latvian trара, Albanian trap, Ancient Greek ἀτραπός (atrapós).

Noun

*tropa f

  1. trail, path

Declension

Declension of *tropa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *tropa *tropě *tropy
genitive *tropy *tropu *tropъ
dative *tropě *tropama *tropamъ
accusative *tropǫ *tropě *tropy
instrumental *tropojǫ, *tropǫ** *tropama *tropami
locative *tropě *tropu *tropasъ, *tropaxъ*
vocative *tropo *tropě *tropy

* -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: тропа (tropa)

Further reading

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