Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sirota

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 *sirъ +‎ *-ota.

Noun

*sirota f

  1. orphan

Declension

Declension of *sirota (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *sirota *sirotě *siroty
genitive *siroty *sirotu *sirotъ
dative *sirotě *sirotama *sirotamъ
accusative *sirotǫ *sirotě *siroty
instrumental *sirotojǫ, *sirotǫ** *sirotama *sirotami
locative *sirotě *sirotu *sirotasъ, *sirotaxъ*
vocative *siroto *sirotě *siroty

* -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

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “си́рый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  1. ^ The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “сирота”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 271
  2. ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “сирота”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 346
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