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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glista
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Proto-Slavic
Noun
*glīstà f[1][2]
- Alternative form of *glĩstъ
Inflection
Declension of *glīstà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *glīstà | *glĩstě | *glīstỳ |
| Accusative | *glīstǫ̀ | *glĩstě | *glīstỳ |
| Genitive | *glīstỳ | *glīstù | *glĩstъ |
| Locative | *glīstě̀ | *glīstù | *glīstàsъ, *glīstàxъ* |
| Dative | *glīstě̀ | *glīstàma | *glīstàmъ |
| Instrumental | *glīstòjǫ, *glĩstǫ** | *glīstàma | *glīstàmī |
| Vocative | *glisto | *glĩstě | *glīstỳ |
* -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).
** 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).
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*glístъ; *glīstà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 164: “m. o; f. ā (b) ‘worm’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “glista glisty”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b worm (PR 135)”