Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xorъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *ksarus, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skaras, from Proto-Indo-European *skor-os, from *(s)ker- (“to scrape, to scrub, to clean”). Related to *xarъ (“gloomy, dark; dilapidated, shabby”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Adjective
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xorъ | *xora | *xoro |
| genitive | *xora | *xory | *xora |
| dative | *xoru | *xorě | *xoru |
| accusative | *xorъ | *xorǫ | *xoro |
| instrumental | *xoromь | *xorojǫ | *xoromь |
| locative | *xorě | *xorě | *xorě |
| vocative | *xore | *xoro | *xoro |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *xora | *xorě | *xorě |
| genitive | *xoru | *xoru | *xoru |
| dative | *xoroma | *xorama | *xoroma |
| accusative | *xora | *xorě | *xorě |
| instrumental | *xoroma | *xorama | *xoroma |
| locative | *xoru | *xoru | *xoru |
| vocative | *xora | *xorě | *xorě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *xori | *xory | *xora |
| genitive | *xorъ | *xorъ | *xorъ |
| dative | *xoromъ | *xoramъ | *xoromъ |
| accusative | *xory | *xory | *xora |
| instrumental | *xory | *xorami | *xory |
| locative | *xorěxъ | *xoraxъ | *xorěxъ |
| vocative | *xori | *xory | *xora |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xorъjь | *xoraja | *xoroje |
| genitive | *xorajego | *xoryję̇ | *xorajego |
| dative | *xorujemu | *xorěji | *xorujemu |
| accusative | *xorъjь | *xorǫjǫ | *xoroje |
| instrumental | *xoryjimь | *xorǫjǫ | *xoryjimь |
| locative | *xorějemь | *xorěji | *xorějemь |
| vocative | *xorъjь | *xoraja | *xoroje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *xoraja | *xorěji | *xorěji |
| genitive | *xoruju | *xoruju | *xoruju |
| dative | *xoryjima | *xoryjima | *xoryjima |
| accusative | *xoraja | *xorěji | *xorěji |
| instrumental | *xoryjima | *xoryjima | *xoryjima |
| locative | *xoruju | *xoruju | *xoruju |
| vocative | *xoraja | *xorěji | *xorěji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *xoriji | *xoryję̇ | *xoraja |
| genitive | *xorъjixъ | *xorъjixъ | *xorъjixъ |
| dative | *xoryjimъ | *xoryjimъ | *xoryjimъ |
| accusative | *xoryję̇ | *xoryję̇ | *xoraja |
| instrumental | *xoryjimi | *xoryjimi | *xoryjimi |
| locative | *xoryjixъ | *xoryjixъ | *xoryjixъ |
| vocative | *xoriji | *xoryję̇ | *xoraja |
Derived terms
adjective
- *xorovitъ (“beautiful; kind, fine”)
nouns
- *xorostь (“beauty, pleasantness; convenience”)
verbs
- *xorxoriti (“to brag, show off; to be defiant”)
Related terms
- *xarъ (“gloomy, dark; dilapidated, shabby”)
- *xoroščьnъ (“beautiful; good”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Ukrainian: (dialectal) прихо́рний (pryxórnyj, “well-dressed”) (< *prixoriti < *xoriti < *xorъ)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xorъjь?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 83
- ^ Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “хороший”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 498: “*хоръ(йь) ― *xorʺ(jʹ)”
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хороший”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 203: “псл. *xorъjь ― psl. *xorʺjʹ”
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “прихорний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 583
- Петлева, И. П. (1985) “Укр. диал. прихо́рний, рус. хоро́брый (слав. xorbrъ)”, in Этимология 1982, Moscow, pages 36-37