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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věkъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáikas. Cognate with Lithuanian viẽkas (“power, life”).
Noun
*vě̃kъ or *vě̑kъ m[1]
- age (period of time)
Declension
Declension of *vě̃kъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *vě̃kъ | *vě̄kà | *vě̄cì |
| Accusative | *vě̃kъ | *vě̄kà | *vě̄kỳ |
| Genitive | *vě̄kà | *vě̄kù | *vě̃kъ |
| Locative | *vě̄cě̀ | *vě̄kù | *vě̃cěxъ |
| Dative | *vě̄kù | *vě̄kòma | *vě̄kòmъ |
| Instrumental | *vě̄kъ̀mь, *vě̄kòmь* | *vě̄kòma | *vě̃ky |
| Vocative | *věče | *vě̄kà | *vě̄cì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *vě̑kъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *vě̑kъ | *vě̑ka | *vě̑ci |
| Accusative | *vě̑kъ | *vě̑ka | *vě̑ky |
| Genitive | *vě̑ka | *věkù | *vě̃kъ |
| Locative | *vě̑cě | *věkù | *věcě̃xъ |
| Dative | *vě̑ku | *věkomà | *věkòmъ |
| Instrumental | *vě̑kъmь, *vě̑komь* | *věkomà | *věký |
| Vocative | *věče | *vě̑ka | *vě̑ci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
adjectives
- *věčьnъ (“eternal”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вѣкъ (věkŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: вѣкъ (věk)
- Belarusian: век (vjek)
- Rusyn: вік (vik)
- Ukrainian: вік (vik)
- Middle Russian: вѣкъ (věk)
- Russian: век (vek)
- Old Ruthenian: вѣкъ (věk)
- Old East Slavic: вѣкъ (věkŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: вѣкъ (věkŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰲⱑⰽⱏ (věkŭ)
- Bulgarian: век (vek)
- Macedonian: век (vek)
- Serbo-Croatian: ве̑к
- Slovene: vék
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: věk
- Czech: věk
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): věk
- Czech: věk
- Old Polish: wiek
- Polish: wiek
- Slovak: vek
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wěk
- Upper Sorbian: wěk
- Old Czech: věk
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: veac
References
- Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”: reconstruction of a poetic text] (in Russian), Moscow; Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 260