Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verěja

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 *verti (“to shove”).

Noun

*verěja f

  1. bar, latch

Declension

Declension of *verěja (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *verěja *verěji *verěję̇
genitive *verěję̇ *verěju *verějь
dative *verěji *verějama *verějamъ
accusative *verějǫ *verěji *verěję̇
instrumental *verějejǫ, *verějǫ** *verějama *verějami
locative *verěji *verěju *verějasъ, *verějaxъ*
vocative *verěje *verěji *verěję̇

* -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: верѣꙗ (verěja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: верѣꙗ (verěja)
    • Slovene: veréja (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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