Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zьrcadlo
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *zьrkati *-dlo, a calque of Latin speculum.
Noun
[edit]*zьrcadlo n
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *zьrcadlo (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *zьrcadlo | *zьrcadlě | *zьrcadla |
genitive | *zьrcadla | *zьrcadlu | *zьrcadlъ |
dative | *zьrcadlu | *zьrcadloma | *zьrcadlomъ |
accusative | *zьrcadlo | *zьrcadlě | *zьrcadla |
instrumental | *zьrcadlъmь, *zьrcadlomь* | *zьrcadloma | *zьrcadly |
locative | *zьrcadlě | *zьrcadlu | *zьrcadlěxъ |
vocative | *zьrcadlo | *zьrcadlě | *zьrcadla |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zrcadlo, zrcadło (alternative writing)
- Czech: zrcadlo
- Polabian: zarḱódlü
- Old Polish: wierciadło, źwierciadło, źwierzciadło, źwirciadło
- Polish: zwierciadło (literary, poetic)
- Slovak: zrkadlo
- Old Czech: zrcadlo, zrcadło (alternative writing)
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зе́ркало”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress