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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/porxъno
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Possibly substantivized adjective *porxъnъ (judging by Upper Sorbian prochny (“mouldering, rotten”), Czech práchněti (“to become covered with rot, mould, to decay”), Ukrainian по́рохонь f (póroxonʹ, “rotten tree”)), related to *porxъ, *poršiti and *-ьnъ.
Noun
*porxъno n
- something rotten, mouldy, decayed (rot, rotten/rotted tree)
Inflection
Declension of *porxъno (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *porxъno | *porxъně | *porxъna |
| Accusative | *porxъno | *porxъně | *porxъna |
| Genitive | *porxъna | *porxъnu | *porxъnъ |
| Locative | *porxъně | *porxъnu | *porxъněxъ |
| Dative | *porxъnu | *porxъnoma | *porxъnomъ |
| Instrumental | *porxъnъmь, *porxъnomь* | *porxъnoma | *porxъny |
| Vocative | *porxъno | *porxъně | *porxъna |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: порохно́ (poroxnó)
- Ukrainian: порохно́ (poroxnó)
- South Slavic: —
- West Slavic:
- Czech: práchno
- Polish: próchno
- Slovak: práchno
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “порохно”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress