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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dlaka

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 earlier *tlaka, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tlāˀkāˀ (compare *ordlo < *árˀtla). Compare Lithuanian lokỹs, Latvian lācis (“bear”).

Noun

dlàka f (diminutive *dlačica)[1][2]

  1. fur
  2. plumage

Declension
Declension of *dlàka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *dlàka *dlàcě *dlàky
genitive *dlàky *dlàku *dlàkъ
dative *dlàcě *dlàkama *dlàkamъ
accusative *dlàkǫ *dlàcě *dlàky
instrumental *dlàkojǫ, *dlàkǭ** *dlàkama *dlàkamī
locative *dlàcě *dlàku *dlàkasъ, *dlàkaxъ*
vocative *dlàko *dlàcě *dlàky
* -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).

Derived terms
nouns

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: (dialectal) дла́ка (dláka)
    • Macedonian: длака (dlaka)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: дла̏ка, (dialectal) гла̏ка
      Latin script: dlȁka, (dialectal) glȁka
      • Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: dlãka
    • Slovene: dláka
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: tlaka (< *tlaka)

References
  1. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “dlaka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 235
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolka?/*d(ь)laka?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 63

Further reading
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “dláka”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
  • Skok, Petar (1971) “dläka”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 471
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