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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ručajь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *ručati (“to drone, to rattle”) + *-ějь.
Noun
*ručajь m
- crook, brook
Alternative forms
- *ručьjь
Declension
Declension of *ručajь (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *ručajь | *ručaja | *ručaji |
Accusative | *ručajь | *ručaja | *ručaję̇ |
Genitive | *ručaja | *ručaju | *ručajь |
Locative | *ručaji | *ručaju | *ručajixъ |
Dative | *ručaju | *ručajema | *ručajemъ |
Instrumental | *ručajьmь, *ručajemь* | *ručajema | *ručaji |
Vocative | *ručaju | *ručaja | *ručaji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *řuti (“to roar”)
- *ručati, *ručiti (“to drone, to rattle”)
- *ruknǫti (“to gush”)
Descendants
From primary form *ručajь:
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ручаи (ručai)
- Belarusian: руча́й (ručáj)
- Ukrainian: руча́й (ručáj)
- Old East Slavic: ручаи (ručai)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: ručej
- Polish: ruczaj
- Slovak: ručaj
From primary form *ručьjь:
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ручии (ručij)
- Russian: руче́й (ručéj)
- Old East Slavic: ручии (ručij)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ру́чей (rúčej)
- West Slavic:
- Slovak: ručej
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: ručej
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ручей”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (2002), “ручей”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 356