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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьrnota
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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 *čьrnota (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *čьrnota | *čьrnotě | *čьrnoty |
| Accusative | *čьrnotǫ | *čьrnotě | *čьrnoty |
| Genitive | *čьrnoty | *čьrnotu | *čьrnotъ |
| Locative | *čьrnotě | *čьrnotu | *čьrnotasъ, *čьrnotaxъ* |
| Dative | *čьrnotě | *čьrnotama | *čьrnotamъ |
| Instrumental | *čьrnotojǫ, *čьrnotǫ** | *čьrnotama | *čьrnotami |
| Vocative | *čьrnoto | *čьrnotě | *čьrnoty |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: чернота̀ (černotà)
- Slovene: črnóta (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: černota
- Slovak: černota, čiernota
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьrnota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 154
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