Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/slaidús

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Alternative forms

*slidús

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sloydʰ-u-s (o-grade), *slidʰ-u-s (zero-grade), from *sleydʰ- (“to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick”).

Noun

*slaidús m^[1]

track, trace

Inflection

Declension of *slaidús (u-stem, mobile accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*slaidús	*sláidūˀ	*sláidawes
accusative	*sláidun	*sláidūˀ	*sláidū⁽ˀ⁾ns
genitive	*slaidáus	*slaidawáu	*slaidawṓn
locative	*slaidḗuˀ	*slaidawáu	*slaidúšu
dative	*slaidáwei	*slaidúmā⁽ˀ⁾	*slaidúmas
instrumental	*sláidūˀ (early forms)	*slaidúmāˀ	*slaidúmīˀs
vocative	*slaidáu	*sláidūˀ	*sláidawes

Descendants

Latgalian: sleids, slīde
Latvian: slaids (“slippery”), sleides (“track”), sliede (“rail, track”)
Proto-Slavic: *slědъ (see there for further descendants)

From *slidús:

Lithuanian: slidùs (“slippery”)

References

^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 145

[1] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 145

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