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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nora

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

Alternative forms
  • *norъ
  • *norь
  • *norja

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *norʔ-. Cognate with Lithuanian naras, nara (“hole, lair”).

Noun

*norà f[1]

  1. den, lair

Inflection
Declension of *norà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *norà *nȍrě *nȍry
genitive *norý *norù *nòrъ
dative *norě̀ *noràma *noràmъ
accusative *nȍrǫ *nȍrě *nȍry
instrumental *norojǫ́ *noràma *noràmi
locative *nȍrě *norù *noràsъ, *noràxъ*
vocative *noro *nȍrě *nȍry
* -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.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: нора (nora)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nora”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 184
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нора”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*norà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 355: “f. ā (c) ‘den, lair’”
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