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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Žiroslavъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *žirъ (“grease”) + *slàva (“glory, fame”).
Proper noun
*Žiroslàvъ m
- A male given name
Declension
Declension of *Žiroslavъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *Žiroslavъ | *Žiroslava | *Žiroslavi |
| Accusative | *Žiroslavъ | *Žiroslava | *Žiroslavy |
| Genitive | *Žiroslava | *Žiroslavu | *Žiroslavъ |
| Locative | *Žiroslavě | *Žiroslavu | *Žiroslavěxъ |
| Dative | *Žiroslavu | *Žiroslavoma | *Žiroslavomъ |
| Instrumental | *Žiroslavъmь, *Žiroslavomь* | *Žiroslavoma | *Žiroslavy |
| Vocative | *Žiroslave | *Žiroslava | *Žiroslavi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: Жиросла́въ (Žiroslávŭ), Жиръсла́въ (Žirŭslávŭ)[1]
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: Żyrosław
References
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), “Жирославъ”, in Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect] (Studia philologica) (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 739 of 872