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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

*màti f [1][2]

  1. mother

Declension
Declension of *màti (r-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *màti *màteri *màteri
Accusative *màterь *màteri *màteri
Genitive *màtere *màteru *màterъ
Locative *màtere *màteru *màterьxъ
Dative *màteri *màterьma *màterьmъ
Instrumental *màterьjǫ, *màteřǭ* *màterьma *màterьmī
Vocative *màti *màteri *màteri
* 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).

See also

Descendants

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*màti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303: “f. r (a) ‘mother’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “mati matere”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “mother (NA 136, 139, 143; SA 18; PR 133)”
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