Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/troska

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

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Noun

*troska f

  1. chip, sliver, spall, splinter
    Synonym: *drězga

Inflection

Declension of *troska (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *troska *troscě *trosky
genitive *trosky *trosku *troskъ
dative *troscě *troskama *troskamъ
accusative *troskǫ *troscě *trosky
instrumental *troskojǫ, *troskǫ** *troskama *troskami
locative *troscě *trosku *troskasъ, *troskaxъ*
vocative *trosko *troscě *trosky

* -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).

nouns
verb

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: троска (troska)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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