Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/popara

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *popariti +‎ *-a, itself from *po- +‎ *pariti, perhaps in relation to the dish giving out steam.

Noun

*popara f

a dish made from bread dipped in a hot liquid, usually milk

Declension

Declension of *popara (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*popara	*poparě	*popary
Accusative	*poparǫ	*poparě	*popary
Genitive	*popary	*poparu	*poparъ
Locative	*poparě	*poparu	poparasъ, poparaxъ^*
Dative	*poparě	*poparama	*poparamъ
Instrumental	poparojǫ, poparǫ^**	*poparama	*poparami
Vocative	*poparo	*poparě	*popary

^* -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).

Related terms

*popariti
*pariti
*para
*parъ

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: попа́ра (popára)
- Macedonian: попара (popara)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: по̏пара
  Latin: pȍpara
  - → Romanian: papară
- → Ottoman Turkish: پاپاره‎ (papara)
  - Turkish: papara
- → Greek: παπάρα (papára)