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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/priroda
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
Postverbal formation of *roditi.
Declension
    
Declension of *priroda (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *priroda | *prirodě | *prirody | 
| genitive | *prirody | *prirodu | *prirodъ | 
| dative | *prirodě | *prirodama | *prirodamъ | 
| accusative | *prirodǫ | *prirodě | *prirody | 
| instrumental | *prirodojǫ, *prirodǫ** | *prirodama | *prirodami | 
| locative | *prirodě | *prirodu | *prirodasъ, *prirodaxъ* | 
| vocative | *prirodo | *prirodě | *prirody | 
* -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).
Descendants
    
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
    
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “природа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 731
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