Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rěpa

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 *rēpā́ˀ, *rāpā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rāp-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rḗps, (s)rā́ps. Cognate with Lithuanian rópė (“turnip”).

Noun

*rě̀pa f

turnip, rape

Declension

Declension of *rě̀pa (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rě̀pa	*rě̀pě	*rě̀py
genitive	*rě̀py	*rě̀pu	*rě̀pъ
dative	*rě̀pě	*rě̀pama	*rě̀pamъ
accusative	*rě̀pǫ	*rě̀pě	*rě̀py
instrumental	rě̀pojǫ, rě̀pǭ^**	*rě̀pama	*rě̀pamī
locative	*rě̀pě	*rě̀pu	rě̀pasъ, rě̀paxъ^*
vocative	*rě̀po	*rě̀pě	*rě̀py

^* -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: рѣпа (rěpa)
  - Belarusian: рэ́па (répa)
  - Russian: ре́па (répa)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: ріпа (ripa)
  - Ukrainian: рі́па (rípa)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: рѣпа (rěpa)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱃⱑⱂⰰ (rěpa)
- Bulgarian: ря́па (rjápa), ре́па (répa) — in e-kavian dialects
- Macedonian: репа (repa)
- Serbo-Croatian: (generally without Ijekavism)
  Cyrillic script: ре̏па
  
  Latin script: rȅpa
- Slovene: rẹ́pa
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: řěpa
  - Czech: řepa, řípa (dialectal)
- Polabian: repo, repă
- Polish: rzepa
- Slovak: repa
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: rěpa
  - Upper Sorbian: rěpa

→? Albanian: rrepë
→ Hungarian: répa

References

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/rěpa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 533
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “ря̀па”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 387
Miklosich, Franz (1886) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 277
Olander, Thomas (2001) “rěpa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132; RPT 111)”