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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rajь
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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
Probably borrowed from an Iranian language, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁ís (“wealth, goods”).
Declension
Declension of *ràjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ràjь | *ràja | *ràji |
| Accusative | *ràjь | *ràja | *ràję̇ |
| Genitive | *ràja | *ràju | *ràjь |
| Locative | *ràji | *ràju | *ràjīxъ |
| Dative | *ràju | *ràjema | *ràjēmъ |
| Instrumental | *ràjьmь, *ràjemь* | *ràjema | *ràjī |
| Vocative | *ràju | *ràja | *ràji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *radǫga (“rainbow”) (in East Slavic, prefix *ra- linked by folk etymology with *rajь)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “рай”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics), volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 533
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