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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osnova
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Related to *snuti.
Noun
*osnova f
- basis, foundation
Inflection
Declension of *osnova (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *osnova | *osnově | *osnovy |
| Accusative | *osnovǫ | *osnově | *osnovy |
| Genitive | *osnovy | *osnovu | *osnovъ |
| Locative | *osnově | *osnovu | *osnovasъ, *osnovaxъ* |
| Dative | *osnově | *osnovama | *osnovamъ |
| Instrumental | *osnovojǫ, *osnovǫ** | *osnovama | *osnovami |
| Vocative | *osnovo | *osnově | *osnovy |
* -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:
- Old East Slavic: основа (osnova)
- Belarusian: асно́ва (asnóva)
- Russian: осно́ва (osnóva)
- Ukrainian: осно́ва (osnóva)
- Old East Slavic: основа (osnova)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: осно́ва (osnóva)
- Macedonian: основа (osnova)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̏снова
- Latin: ȍsnova
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: osnova
- Czech: osnova
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): vosnova
- Czech: osnova
- Polish: osnowa
- Lesser Polish (Więciórka): u̯osnova
- Old Czech: osnova
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “основа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress