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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/starina
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *starъ + *-ina.
Noun
*starina f
- old age
- antiquities, antique
Declension
Declension of *starina (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *starina | *starině | *stariny |
Accusative | *starinǫ | *starině | *stariny |
Genitive | *stariny | *starinu | *starinъ |
Locative | *starině | *starinu | *starinasъ, *starinaxъ* |
Dative | *starině | *starinama | *starinamъ |
Instrumental | *starinojǫ, *starinǫ** | *starinama | *starinami |
Vocative | *starino | *starině | *stariny |
* -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:
- Russian: старина́ (stariná)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: старина́ (stariná)
- Macedonian: старина (starina)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: старѝна
- Latin: starìna
- Slovene: starína (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: starzyna