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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motyra
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *motyřь
Etymology
From *motъ or *motati (“to wind”) + *-yra.
Noun
*motyra f
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Inflection
Declension of *motyra (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | *motyra | *motyrě | *motyry |
Accusative | *motyrǫ | *motyrě | *motyry |
Genitive | *motyry | *motyru | *motyrъ |
Locative | *motyrě | *motyru | *motyrasъ, *motyraxъ* |
Dative | *motyrě | *motyrama | *motyramъ |
Instrumental | *motyrojǫ, *motyrǫ** | *motyrama | *motyrami |
Vocative | *motyro | *motyrě | *motyry |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: моты́ра (motýra)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motyra / *motyrjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 88