 | ThisProto-Slavic entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence. |
FromProto-Balto-Slavic*-īˀnāˀ, fromProto-Indo-European*-iHneh₂. Cognate withLithuanian-ynė,-iena (<*-eināˀ <*-eyneh₂). CompareProto-Slavic*-inъ.
*-ina f
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-ina | *-ině | *-iny |
| genitive | *-iny | *-inu | *-inъ |
| dative | *-ině | *-inama | *-inamъ |
| accusative | *-inǫ | *-ině | *-iny |
| instrumental | *-inojǫ,*-inǫ** | *-inama | *-inami |
| locative | *-ině | *-inu | *-inasъ,*-inaxъ* |
| vocative | *-ino | *-ině | *-iny |
*-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).