Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьlgota

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

From *dьlgъ +‎ *-ota.^[1]

Noun

*dьlgotà f^[1]

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Inflection

Declension of *dьlgotà (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dьlgotà	*dьlgotě	*dьlgoty
genitive	*dьlgoty	*dьlgotu	*dьlgotъ
dative	*dьlgotě	*dьlgotama	*dьlgotamъ
accusative	*dьlgotǫ	*dьlgotě	*dьlgoty
instrumental	dьlgotojǫ, dьlgotǫ^**	*dьlgotama	*dьlgotami
locative	*dьlgotě	*dьlgotu	dьlgotasъ, dьlgotaxъ^*
vocative	*dьlgoto	*dьlgotě	*dьlgoty

^* -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: дългота (dŭlgota), долгота (dolgota)
  - Old Ruthenian: довгота́ (dovhotá), долгота́ (dolhotá)
    - Belarusian: даўгата́ (daŭhatá)
    - Ukrainian: довгота́ (dovhotá)
  - Russian: долгота́ (dolgotá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: длъгота (dlŭgota)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰴⰾⱏⰳⱁⱅⰰ (dlŭgota)
- Bulgarian: дългота (dǎlgota)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: дуго̀та
  
  Latin script: dugòta
- Slovene: dołgóta
West Slavic:
- Slovincian: dlëgôta

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dьlgotà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dьlgotà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133

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