Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dupina

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 *dupa +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*dupina f

  1. hole

Inflection

Declension of *dupina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dupina *dupině *dupiny
genitive *dupiny *dupinu *dupinъ
dative *dupině *dupinama *dupinamъ
accusative *dupinǫ *dupině *dupiny
instrumental *dupinojǫ, *dupinǫ** *dupinama *dupinami
locative *dupině *dupinu *dupinasъ, *dupinaxъ*
vocative *dupino *dupině *dupiny

* -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: дупина (dupina, hole, grove, ditch)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: доупина (dupina, opening)
      Glagolitic script: ⰴⱆⱂⰻⱀⰰ (dupina)
    • Serbo-Croatian: duplja (cavity in a tree trunk)
    • Slovene: dupína (hole, hollow, cavity)
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dupina”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 125