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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bělota
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Inflection
Declension of *bělota (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bělota | *bělotě | *běloty |
| Accusative | *bělotǫ | *bělotě | *běloty |
| Genitive | *běloty | *bělotu | *bělotъ |
| Locative | *bělotě | *bělotu | *bělotasъ, *bělotaxъ* |
| Dative | *bělotě | *bělotama | *bělotamъ |
| Instrumental | *bělotojǫ, *bělotǫ** | *bělotama | *bělotami |
| Vocative | *běloto | *bělotě | *běloty |
* -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
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 75
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