Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gorazdъ
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Disputed. Traditionally speculated to be a Gothic borrowing[1], presumably from an unattested *ga- (“co-”) + *razdaz (“sound, melodic”), probably originally meaning “consonant, coherent”. If correct, then akin to Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰 (razda, “speech”). A problem with this hypothesis is that the expected proto-Slavic reflex of the proposed Germanic term should be **gorozdъ. Adolf Stender-Petersen alternatively proposes a native origin from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, to grasp, to craft”) + *-azdъ.
Adjective
[edit]*gorazdъ[1]
- skilful, capable
- experienced, successful, prominent (in a field of expertise)
Declension
[edit](probably) Accent paradigm B.
Indefinite declension of *gorazdъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *gorazdъ | *gorazda | *gorazdo |
genitive | *gorazda | *gorazdy | *gorazda |
dative | *gorazdu | *gorazdě | *gorazdu |
accusative | *gorazdъ | *gorazdǫ | *gorazdo |
instrumental | *gorazdomь | *gorazdojǫ | *gorazdomь |
locative | *gorazdě | *gorazdě | *gorazdě |
vocative | *gorazde | *gorazdo | *gorazdo |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *gorazda | *gorazdě | *gorazdě |
genitive | *gorazdu | *gorazdu | *gorazdu |
dative | *gorazdoma | *gorazdama | *gorazdoma |
accusative | *gorazda | *gorazdě | *gorazdě |
instrumental | *gorazdoma | *gorazdama | *gorazdoma |
locative | *gorazdu | *gorazdu | *gorazdu |
vocative | *gorazda | *gorazdě | *gorazdě |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *gorazdi | *gorazdy | *gorazda |
genitive | *gorazdъ | *gorazdъ | *gorazdъ |
dative | *gorazdomъ | *gorazdamъ | *gorazdomъ |
accusative | *gorazdy | *gorazdy | *gorazda |
instrumental | *gorazdy | *gorazdami | *gorazdy |
locative | *gorazděxъ | *gorazdaxъ | *gorazděxъ |
vocative | *gorazdi | *gorazdy | *gorazda |
Definite declension of *gorazdъ (hard)
Derived terms
[edit]- *gorazditi (“to rage; to construct, to rise”)
- *gorazda (“disturbance”)
- *gorazdьnъ (“grand, eminant”)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: horazd (“big”)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 149: “PSl. *gorazdъ ‘experienced, able’ (adj.)”
- ^ Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “гораздъ, гараздъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 21
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гораздо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gorazdъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 32
- Stender-Petersen, Adolf (1927) “Zur Etymologie des urslav. gorazdъ”, in Slavia 5, page 675