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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rědъkъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *rēdas, *rētas. Morphologically from *rě̃dъ + *-ъkъ. Cognate with Latvian rēds, rets, Lithuanian retas.

Adjective

*rědъkъ[1]

  1. sparse, rare

Declension

Accent paradigm b.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: рѣдкий (rědkij)
    • Russian: ре́дкий (rédkij)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*rědъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 434: “adj. o ‘sparse, rare’”
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