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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gorďaninъ
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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
Etymology
From *gȏrdъ (“fortified settlement”) + *-janinъ.
Modern descendants have become calques of French bourgeois, German Großbürger, English citizen - a meaning that is attested after the Renaissance.
Declension
Accent paradigm c.
Declension of *gorďaninъ (hard o-stem, consonant stem)
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *gorďaninъ | *gorďanina | *gorďane |
| Accusative | *gorďaninъ | *gorďanina | *gorďany? |
| Genitive | *gorďaninа | *gorďaninu | *gorďanъ |
| Locative | *gorďanině | *gorďaninu | *gorďanьxъ |
| Dative | *gorďaninu | *gorďaninoma | *gorďanьmъ |
| Instrumental | *gorďaninomь | *gorďaninoma | *gorďany? |
| Vocative | *gorďanine | *gorďanina | *gorďane |
Related terms
- *gorďanъ
- *gorďanьstvo (“town-dwelling”)
- *gordьčaninъ
- Belarusian: гарадча́нін (haradčánin), гараджа́нін (haradžánin)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: горожанинъ (gorožaninŭ)
- Russian: горожа́нин (gorožánin)
- Ukrainian: городя́нин (horodjányn)
- Old East Slavic: горожанинъ (gorožaninŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: гражданинъ (graždaninŭ)
- Bulgarian: гра́жданин (gráždanin)
- → Russian: граждани́н (graždanín)
- Macedonian: граѓанин (graǵanin)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Old Church Slavonic: гражданинъ (graždaninŭ)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: grodzianin (“castle dweller”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гражданин”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “горожанин”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gordjan(in)ъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 36
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “гражданин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 272
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