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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Reanalyzed form of the adjective-forming suffix *-rъ.
Suffix
*-ro n
- From earlier adjectives, forming neutral tool nouns
- *bedro (“thigh”) ← earlier *bedrъ (“ditched, speared”)
- *rebro (“rib”) ← earlier *rebrъ (“tilted, wrapping”)
- *vedro (“fair weather”) ← earlier *vedrъ (“fair, nice (for weather)”)
- *vědro (“bucket”) ← earlier *vědrъ (“fluid, laminar”)
- *utro (“morning”) ← earlier unattested *ustrъ (“eastern, dawn”)
- From earlier adjectives, forming masculine agent, instrumental or event nouns
- *bagrъ (“dye, hue”) ← earlier *bagrъ (“crimson, purple”)
- *koprъ (“dill”) ← earlier *kъprъ (“smelly, nifty”)
- *zǫbrъ (“bison, wisent”) ← earlier *zǫbrъ (“pointy, bristly, pungent”)
- *vixъrъ (“whirlwind”) ← earlier *vixъrъ (“vortical”)
- *kamorъ (“stone”) ← earlier *okm(ə)rъ (“made of stone”)
- From earlier adjectives, forming feminine agent, collective or substance nouns
- *vydra (“otter”) ← earlier *(v)ydrъ (“watery”)
- *kypra (“bonny girl”) ← earlier *kyprъ (“boiling, raving”)
- *kapra (“pus, liquid from the eye”) ← earlier *kaprъ (“dripping”)
- *dǫbrava (“small woodland”) ← earlier *dǫbrъ (“woody, timber”)
Declension
Declension of *-ro (hard o-stem)
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*-ro
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*-rě
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*-ra
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| genitive
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*-ra
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*-ru
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*-rъ
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| dative
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*-ru
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*-roma
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*-romъ
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| accusative
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*-ro
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*-rě
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*-ra
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| instrumental
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*-rъmь, *-romь*
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*-roma
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*-ry
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| locative
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*-rě
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*-ru
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*-rěxъ
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| vocative
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*-ro
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*-rě
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*-ra
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* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-rъ
Category Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ra not found
Category Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ro not found