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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/metadlo
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *metati (“throw”) + *-dlo.
Noun
*metadlo n
- throwing tool, instrument
Declension
Declension of *metadlo (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *metadlo | *metadlě | *metadla |
Accusative | *metadlo | *metadlě | *metadla |
Genitive | *metadla | *metadlu | *metadlъ |
Locative | *metadlě | *metadlu | *metadlěxъ |
Dative | *metadlu | *metadloma | *metadlomъ |
Instrumental | *metadlъmь, *metadlomь* | *metadloma | *metadly |
Vocative | *metadlo | *metadlě | *metadla |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *meta(d)lica (possibly)
- *metadlišče
- *metadlьnъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
- Russian: метало (metalo), метала m (metala)
- Old East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: мета́ло (metálo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мѐтало
- Latin: mètalo
- Slovene: metálo
- West Slavic:
- Czech: metadlo
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: mjetadła
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*metadlo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 109