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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drěčьnъ

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 *drěkъ (stem, beam) + *-ьnъ.

Adjective

*drěčьnъ[1]

  1. elongated
  2. robust, supportive, powerful

Declension

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: дри̏јечан, дре̑чан (rare, dialectal)
      Latin script: drȉječan, dréčan, dričan (dialectal)
    • Slovene: dréčən (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: dríčný, drýčný
    • Slovak: drečný

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drěčьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 107

References

  1. Jakubowicz, Mariola (2017) Artur Zwolski, transl., The Development of Words Across Centuries, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 142:Western and Southern *drěčьnъ
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