Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/murava

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 *mura, *murъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mauˀras (“mud”).

Noun

*murava f[1]

  1. green, sward (expanse of land covered in dense grass)

Declension

Declension of *murava (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *murava *muravě *muravy
genitive *muravy *muravu *muravъ
dative *muravě *muravama *muravamъ
accusative *muravǫ *muravě *muravy
instrumental *muravojǫ, *muravǫ** *muravama *muravami
locative *muravě *muravu *muravasъ, *muravaxъ*
vocative *muravo *muravě *muravy

* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: мурава (murava)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: murawa
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: mùrawa

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*murava”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 192

Further reading

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