Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-urъ

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

Alternative forms

  • *-yrъ

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably irregularly from the poorly attested earlier form *-yrъ (compare *-unъ / *-ynъ).

Suffix

*-urъ m[1][2]

  1. Forms nouns from nouns
    *kȍstь (bone) + ‎*-urъ → ‎*kosturъ (walking stick; skeleton)
    *mě̑xъ (leather bag) + ‎*-urъ → ‎*měxurъ (blister)
  2. Forms nouns from verbs
    *baxati (to swell, to tumefy) + ‎*-urъ → ‎*baxurъ (belly; stomach of ruminant)

Declension

Declension of *-urъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-urъ *-ura *-uri
genitive *-ura *-uru *-urъ
dative *-uru *-uroma *-uromъ
accusative *-urъ *-ura *-ury
instrumental *-urъmь, *-uromь* *-uroma *-ury
locative *-urě *-uru *-urěxъ
vocative *-ure *-ura *-uri

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

Derived terms

affixes
  • *-ura

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -уръ (-urŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: -уръ (-ur)
        • Belarusian: -ур (-ur)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: -ур (-ur)
        • Ukrainian: -ур (-ur)
      • Russian: -ур (-ur)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: -оуръ (-urŭ)
      • Bulgarian: -ур (-ur)
      • Macedonian: -ур (-ur)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: -ур
      Latin script: -ur
    • Slovene: -ur (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “Suf. -urъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 26
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2014), “2.11.48 *-ur < *-awra-, *-ura < *-awrā-”, in Slavic Nominal Word-formation: Proto-Indo-European Origins and Historical Development (Empirie und Theorie der Sprachwissenschaft; 3), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 161