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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diřa
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
From the intensive stem *dir- + *-ja of Proto-Slavic *dьrati (“to tear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear”).
Declension
    
Declension of *diřa (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *diřa | *diři | *diřę̇ | 
| genitive | *diřę̇ | *diřu | *diřь | 
| dative | *diři | *diřama | *diřamъ | 
| accusative | *diřǫ | *diři | *diřę̇ | 
| instrumental | *diřejǫ, *diřǫ** | *diřama | *diřami | 
| locative | *diři | *diřu | *diřasъ, *diřaxъ* | 
| vocative | *diře | *diři | *diřę̇ | 
* -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).
** 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).
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