Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šata

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hāt (garment, dress).

Noun

*šata f[1][2]

  1. (North Slavic) clothes; vestment, robe, gown

Inflection

Declension of *šata (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *šata *šatě *šaty
genitive *šaty *šatu *šatъ
dative *šatě *šatama *šatamъ
accusative *šatǫ *šatě *šaty
instrumental *šatojǫ, *šatǫ** *šatama *šatami
locative *šatě *šatu *šatasъ, *šataxъ*
vocative *šato *šatě *šaty

* -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: ша́та (šáta)
    • Russian: ша́та (šáta) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: ша́та (šáta)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “szata”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 594
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “šat, šaty”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 625

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ша́та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Václav Machek (1968) “šat”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 603
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “шата”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka