Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mamъ

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

Related to *mamiti (“to deceive”).

Noun

*mamъ m[1]

  1. deceit (which lures)

Declension

Declension of *mamъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *mamъ *mama *mami
genitive *mama *mamu *mamъ
dative *mamu *mamoma *mamomъ
accusative *mamъ *mama *mamy
instrumental *mamъmь, *mamomь* *mamoma *mamy
locative *mamě *mamu *maměxъ
vocative *mame *mama *mami

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

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ма̑м
      Latin script: mȃm
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mam (dated)
    • Slovak: mam (literary)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mamъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 190
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