Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tretь

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

Proto-Slavic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *trьje
    Ordinal: *tretь
    Adverbial: *tri šьdy, *trijьťi, *trьje kortь
    Multiplier: *trojakъ, *trojьnъ, *trьje kortьnъ
    Collective: *trojь
    Fractional: *tretina

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tretias, remodeled from *tirtias (preserved in Old Prussian) by analogy with the cardinal number,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyos, ordinal form of *tréyes.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian trẽčias, Latvian trešais, Latgalian trešs, Old Prussian tīrts.

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtī́ya), Latin tertius, Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos), Proto-Germanic *þridjô.

Adjective

*tretь

  1. third

Declension

Indefinite declension of *tretь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *tretь *treta *trete
genitive *treta *tretę̇ *treta
dative *tretu *treti *tretu
accusative *tretь *tretǫ *trete
instrumental *tretemь *tretejǫ *tretemь
locative *treti *treti *treti
vocative *tretu *trete *trete
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *treta *treti *treti
genitive *tretu *tretu *tretu
dative *tretema *tretama *tretema
accusative *treta *treti *treti
instrumental *tretema *tretama *tretema
locative *tretu *tretu *tretu
vocative *treta *treti *treti
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *treti *tretę̇ *treta
genitive *tretь *tretь *tretь
dative *tretemъ *tretamъ *tretemъ
accusative *tretę̇ *tretę̇ *treta
instrumental *treti *tretami *treti
locative *tretixъ *tretaxъ *tretixъ
vocative *treti *tretę̇ *treta
Definite declension of *tretь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *tretьjь *tretaja *treteje
genitive *tretajego *tretę̇ję̇ *tretajego
dative *tretujemu *tretiji *tretujemu
accusative *tretьjь *tretǫjǫ *treteje
instrumental *tretijimь *tretǫjǫ *tretijimь
locative *tretijemь *tretiji *tretijemь
vocative *tretьjь *tretaja *treteje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *tretaja *tretiji *tretiji
genitive *tretuju *tretuju *tretuju
dative *tretijima *tretijima *tretijima
accusative *tretaja *tretiji *tretiji
instrumental *tretijima *tretijima *tretijima
locative *tretuju *tretuju *tretuju
vocative *tretaja *tretiji *tretiji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *tretiji *tretę̇ję̇ *tretaja
genitive *tretьjixъ *tretьjixъ *tretьjixъ
dative *tretijimъ *tretijimъ *tretijimъ
accusative *tretę̇ję̇ *tretę̇ję̇ *tretaja
instrumental *tretijimi *tretijimi *tretijimi
locative *tretijixъ *tretijixъ *tretijixъ
vocative *tretiji *tretę̇ję̇ *tretaja

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: треть (tretĭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: третьи (tretĭi)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⱅⱃⰵⱅⱐ (tretĭ)
      Old Cyrillic script: треть (tretĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: тре̏ћӣ
      Latin script: trȅćī
    • Slovene: trẹ́tji (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*tretь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 497
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 497
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тре́тий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress