Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šata
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hāt (“garment, dress”).
Noun
- (North Slavic) clothes; vestment, robe, gown
Inflection
| 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:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “szata”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 594
- ^ 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