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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drěčьnъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *drěkъ (“stem, beam”) + *-ьnъ.
Adjective
*drěčьnъ[1]
- elongated
- robust, supportive, powerful
Declension
Indefinite declension of *drěčьnъ (hard)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *drěčьnъ | *drěčьna | *drěčьno |
Accusative | *drěčьnъ | *drěčьnǫ | *drěčьno |
Genitive | *drěčьna | *drěčьny | *drěčьna |
Locative | *drěčьně | *drěčьně | *drěčьně |
Dative | *drěčьnu | *drěčьně | *drěčьnu |
Instrumental | *drěčьnomь | *drěčьnojǫ | *drěčьnomь |
Vocative | *drěčьne | *drěčьno | *drěčьno |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *drěčьna | *drěčьně | *drěčьně |
Accusative | *drěčьna | *drěčьně | *drěčьně |
Genitive | *drěčьnu | *drěčьnu | *drěčьnu |
Locative | *drěčьnu | *drěčьnu | *drěčьnu |
Dative | *drěčьnoma | *drěčьnama | *drěčьnoma |
Instrumental | *drěčьnoma | *drěčьnama | *drěčьnoma |
Vocative | *drěčьna | *drěčьně | *drěčьně |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *drěčьni | *drěčьny | *drěčьna |
Accusative | *drěčьny | *drěčьny | *drěčьna |
Genitive | *drěčьnъ | *drěčьnъ | *drěčьnъ |
Locative | *drěčьněxъ | *drěčьnaxъ | *drěčьněxъ |
Dative | *drěčьnomъ | *drěčьnamъ | *drěčьnomъ |
Instrumental | *drěčьny | *drěčьnami | *drěčьny |
Vocative | *drěčьni | *drěčьny | *drěčьna |
Definite declension of *drěčьnъ (hard)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *drěčьnъjь | *drěčьnaja | *drěčьnoje |
Accusative | *drěčьnъjь | *drěčьnǫjǫ | *drěčьnoje |
Genitive | *drěčьnajego | *drěčьnyję | *drěčьnajego |
Locative | *drěčьnějemь | *drěčьněji | *drěčьnějemь |
Dative | *drěčьnujemu | *drěčьněji | *drěčьnujemu |
Instrumental | *drěčьnyjimi | *drěčьnǫjǫ | *drěčьnyjimi |
Vocative | *drěčьnъjь | *drěčьnaja | *drěčьnoje |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *drěčьnaja | *drěčьněji | *drěčьněji |
Accusative | *drěčьnaja | *drěčьněji | *drěčьněji |
Genitive | *drěčьnuju | *drěčьnuju | *drěčьnuju |
Locative | *drěčьnuju | *drěčьnuju | *drěčьnuju |
Dative | *drěčьnyjima | *drěčьnyjima | *drěčьnyjima |
Instrumental | *drěčьnyjima | *drěčьnyjima | *drěčьnyjima |
Vocative | *drěčьnaja | *drěčьněji | *drěčьněji |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *drěčьniji | *drěčьnyję | *drěčьnaja |
Accusative | *drěčьnyję | *drěčьnyję | *drěčьnaja |
Genitive | *drěčьnъjixъ | *drěčьnъjixъ | *drěčьnъjixъ |
Locative | *drěčьnyjixъ | *drěčьnyjixъ | *drěčьnyjixъ |
Dative | *drěčьnyjimъ | *drěčьnyjimъ | *drěčьnyjimъ |
Instrumental | *drěčьnyjimi | *drěčьnyjimi | *drěčьnyjimi |
Vocative | *drěčьniji | *drěčьnyję | *drěčьnaja |
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дри̏јечан, дре̑чан (rare, dialectal)
- Latin: drȉječan, dréčan, dričan (dialectal)
- Slovene: dréčən (tonal orthography)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: dríčný, drýčný
- Slovincian: driečny
- Slovak: drečný
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drěčьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 107
References
- Jakubowicz, Mariola (2017), Artur Zwolski, transl., The Development of Words Across Centuries, Polish Academy of Sciences, page 142: “Western and Southern *drěčьnъ”