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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nauka
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Related to *naučiti, from *učiti (“to teach”).
Noun
*nauka f
- science
Declension
Declension of *nauka (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *nauka | *naucě | *nauky |
| Accusative | *naukǫ | *naucě | *nauky |
| Genitive | *nauky | *nauku | *naukъ |
| Locative | *naucě | *nauku | *naukasъ, *naukaxъ* |
| Dative | *naucě | *naukama | *naukamъ |
| Instrumental | *naukojǫ, *naukǫ** | *naukama | *naukami |
| Vocative | *nauko | *naucě | *nauky |
* -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:
- Belarusian: наву́ка (navúka)
- Russian: нау́ка (naúka)
- Ukrainian: нау́ка (naúka)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: нау́ка (naúka)
- Macedonian: наука (nauka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: на̀ука
- Latin: nàuka
- West Slavic:
- Czech: nauka
- Kashubian: nôùka
- Polish: nauka
- Slovak: náuka
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*nauka/*naukъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 195
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “нау́ка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress