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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krasъka
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *krasa or *krasiti + *-ъka.
Noun
*krasъka f
- paint
Inflection
Declension of *krasъka (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *krasъka | *krasъcě | *krasъky |
Accusative | *krasъkǫ | *krasъcě | *krasъky |
Genitive | *krasъky | *krasъku | *krasъkъ |
Locative | *krasъcě | *krasъku | *krasъkasъ, *krasъkaxъ* |
Dative | *krasъcě | *krasъkama | *krasъkamъ |
Instrumental | *krasъkojǫ, *krasъkǫ** | *krasъkama | *krasъkami |
Vocative | *krasъko | *krasъcě | *krasъky |
* -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).
Related terms
- *krasiti
- *krasa
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Middle Russian: кра́ска (kráska) (1472)
- Russian: кра́ска (kráska)
- Old Ruthenian: кра́ска (kráska)
- Belarusian: кра́ска (kráska) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: кра́ска (kráska)
- Middle Russian: кра́ска (kráska) (1472)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Church Slavonic: краска (kraska)
- Bulgarian: кра́ска (kráska)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кра̏ска
- Latin: krȁska
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: kraska
- Old Polish: kraska
- Polish: kraska
- Slovak: kráska
References
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krasъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma / *kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 105