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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/velikъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *velьjь + *-ikъ.
Adjective
*velikъ (comparative *boľьjь or *vęťьjь)
- great
Declension
Indefinite declension of *velikъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *velikъ | *velika | *veliko |
| Accusative | *velikъ | *velikǫ | *veliko |
| Genitive | *velika | *veliky | *velika |
| Locative | *velicě | *velicě | *velicě |
| Dative | *veliku | *velicě | *veliku |
| Instrumental | *velikomь | *velikojǫ | *velikomь |
| Vocative | *veliče | *veliko | *veliko |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *velika | *velicě | *velicě |
| Accusative | *velika | *velicě | *velicě |
| Genitive | *veliku | *veliku | *veliku |
| Locative | *veliku | *veliku | *veliku |
| Dative | *velikoma | *velikama | *velikoma |
| Instrumental | *velikoma | *velikama | *velikoma |
| Vocative | *velika | *velicě | *velicě |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *velici | *veliky | *velika |
| Accusative | *veliky | *veliky | *velika |
| Genitive | *velikъ | *velikъ | *velikъ |
| Locative | *velicěxъ | *velikaxъ | *velicěxъ |
| Dative | *velikomъ | *velikamъ | *velikomъ |
| Instrumental | *veliky | *velikami | *veliky |
| Vocative | *velici | *veliky | *velika |
Definite declension of *velikъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *velikъjь | *velikaja | *velikoje |
| Accusative | *velikъjь | *velikǫjǫ | *velikoje |
| Genitive | *velikajego | *velikyję | *velikajego |
| Locative | *velicějemь | *velicěji | *velicějemь |
| Dative | *velikujemu | *velicěji | *velikujemu |
| Instrumental | *velikyjimi | *velikǫjǫ | *velikyjimi |
| Vocative | *velikъjь | *velikaja | *velikoje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *velikaja | *velicěji | *velicěji |
| Accusative | *velikaja | *velicěji | *velicěji |
| Genitive | *velikuju | *velikuju | *velikuju |
| Locative | *velikuju | *velikuju | *velikuju |
| Dative | *velikyjima | *velikyjima | *velikyjima |
| Instrumental | *velikyjima | *velikyjima | *velikyjima |
| Vocative | *velikaja | *velicěji | *velicěji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *veliciji | *velikyję | *velikaja |
| Accusative | *velikyję | *velikyję | *velikaja |
| Genitive | *velikъjixъ | *velikъjixъ | *velikъjixъ |
| Locative | *velikyjixъ | *velikyjixъ | *velikyjixъ |
| Dative | *velikyjimъ | *velikyjimъ | *velikyjimъ |
| Instrumental | *velikyjimi | *velikyjimi | *velikyjimi |
| Vocative | *veliciji | *velikyję | *velikaja |
Derived terms
- *veličina
Synonyms
- *velьjь
Antonyms
- *malъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: великыи (velikyj)
- Belarusian: вялі́кі (vjalíki)
- Russian: вели́кий (velíkij, “great”)
- Rusyn: великый (velykŷj)
- Ukrainian: вели́кий (velýkyj)
- Old East Slavic: великыи (velikyj)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: великъ (velikŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰲⰵⰾⰻⰽⱏ (velikŭ)
- Macedonian: велик (velik)
- Bulgarian: велик (velik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: вѐлик
- Latin: vèlik
- Slovene: vélik (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: veliký
- Czech: veliký, velký
- Kashubian: wiôldżi, wieldżi, wialdżi
- Polabian: vilťĕ
- Old Polish: wieliki
- Polish: wielki
- Silesian: wjelgi
- Slovak: veľký
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wjeliki
- Upper Sorbian: wulki
- Old Czech: veliký
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вели́кий”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*velikъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 514