Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morkъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”), cognate to Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”) and Albanian murg (“dark”).

Noun

*mȏrkъ m[1][2]

  1. darkness

Declension

Declension of *mȏrkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *mȏrkъ *mȏrka *mȏrci
genitive *mȏrka *morkù *mõrkъ
dative *mȏrku *morkomà *morkòmъ
accusative *mȏrkъ *mȏrka *mȏrky
instrumental *mȏrkъmь, *mȏrkomь* *morkomà *morký
locative *mȏrcě *morkù *morcě̃xъ
vocative *morče *mȏrka *mȏrci

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: мо́рак (mórak)
    • Russian: мо́рок (mórok)
    • Ukrainian: мо́рок (mórok)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мо́рок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȏrkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325: “m. o (c) ‘darkness’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “morkъ morka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 143; PR 137)”
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