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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/protivьnikъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *protivъ + *-ьnikъ.
Noun
*protivьnikъ m
- opponent, adversary
Inflection
Declension of *protivьnikъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *protivьnikъ | *protivьnika | *protivьnici |
Accusative | *protivьnikъ | *protivьnika | *protivьniky |
Genitive | *protivьnika | *protivьniku | *protivьnikъ |
Locative | *protivьnicě | *protivьniku | *protivьnicěxъ |
Dative | *protivьniku | *protivьnikoma | *protivьnikomъ |
Instrumental | *protivьnikъmь, *protivьnikomь* | *protivьnikoma | *protivьniky |
Vocative | *protivьniče | *protivьnika | *protivьnici |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: проти́вникъ (protívnik)
- Belarusian: праці́ўнік (pracíŭnik)
- Ukrainian: проти́вник (protývnyk)
- Russian: проти́вник (protívnik)
- Old Ruthenian: проти́вникъ (protívnik)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: противьникъ (protivĭnikŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱁⱅⰺⰲⱐⱀⰺⰽⱏ (protivĭnikŭ)
- Bulgarian: проти́вник (protívnik)
- Macedonian: противник (protivnik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: про̀тӣвнӣк
- Latin: pròtīvnīk
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: protivník
- Polish: przeciwnik
- Slovak: protivník
- Slovincian: prɵcḯvńĭḱ
Further reading
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “против”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 785