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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bagra

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

Noun

*bagra f[1][2]

  1. Alternative form of *bagrъ (“purple”)
Declension
Declension of *bagra (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bagra *bagrě *bagry
genitive *bagry *bagru *bagrъ
dative *bagrě *bagrama *bagramъ
accusative *bagrǫ *bagrě *bagry
instrumental *bagrojǫ, *bagrǫ** *bagrama *bagrami
locative *bagrě *bagru *bagrasъ, *bagraxъ*
vocative *bagro *bagrě *bagry
* -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).
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ба́гра (báhra, “purple paint”) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ба́гра (bágra, “color”)
    • Macedonian: багра (bagra, “purple”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: bàgra (“red paint, obtained from pine bark; purple”)
      Cyrillic script: ба̀гра

References
  1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “bagrъ 1”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 178
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bag(ъ)rъ I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 130
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