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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skvьrna

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

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Noun

*skvьrna f

  1. stain
  2. dirt

Inflection
Declension of *skvьrna (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *skvьrna *skvьrně *skvьrny
genitive *skvьrny *skvьrnu *skvьrnъ
dative *skvьrně *skvьrnama *skvьrnamъ
accusative *skvьrnǫ *skvьrně *skvьrny
instrumental *skvьrnojǫ, *skvьrnǫ** *skvьrnama *skvьrnami
locative *skvьrně *skvьrnu *skvьrnasъ, *skvьrnaxъ*
vocative *skvьrno *skvьrně *skvьrny
* -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
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: скврьна (skvrĭna)
      Glagolitic script: ⱄⰽⰲⱃⱐⱀⰰ (skvrĭna)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: скрнав
      Latin script: skrnav
    • Slovene: skvȓna (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: skvrna
    • Polish: skwarna (“undigested food in the stomach, hawk excrement”)
    • Slovak: škvrna

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скверна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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