Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prorokъ

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 *pro- (“pro-”) +‎ *reťi (“to say”), formed as a calque of Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “prophet”).^[1]

Noun

*prorokъ m

prophet

Declension

Declension of *prorokъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*prorokъ	*proroka	*proroci
genitive	*proroka	*proroku	*prorokъ
dative	*proroku	*prorokoma	*prorokomъ
accusative	*prorokъ	*proroka	*proroky
instrumental	prorokъmь, prorokomь^*	*prorokoma	*proroky
locative	*prorocě	*proroku	*prorocěxъ
vocative	*proroče	*proroka	*proroci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пророкъ (prorokŭ)
  - Russian: пророк (prorok)
  - Middle Belarusian: пророкъ (prorok)^[2]
    - Belarusian: прарок (prarók)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: пророкъ (prorokŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⱁⱃⱁⰽⱏ (prorokŭ)
  - → Ukrainian: пророк (prorok)
- Bulgarian: пророк (prorok)
- Macedonian: пророк (prorok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: про̀рок
  
  Latin script: pròrok
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): prorȍk
- Slovene: prórok, prérok (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: prorok
  - Czech: prorok
  - → Old Polish: prorok
    - Polish: prorok
- Slovak: prorok
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: prorok

References

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

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