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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zima

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źeimā́ˀ.

Noun

*zimà f[1][2]

  1. winter

Declension
Declension of *zimà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *zimà *zȋmě *zȋmy
genitive *zimý *zimù *zĩmъ
dative *zimě̀ *zimàma *zimàmъ
accusative *zȋmǫ *zȋmě *zȋmy
instrumental *zimojǫ́ *zimàma *zimàmi
locative *zȋmě *zimù *zimàsъ, *zimàxъ*
vocative *zimo *zȋmě *zȋmy
* -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: зима (zima)
    • Old Novgorodian: ꙁима (zima); жима (žima) (Old Pskovian)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

See also

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

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*zimà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 544: “f. ā (c) ‘winter’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “zima zimy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c winter (NA 87, 141; SA 24, 44; PR 138)”
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