Odrazi samostalnikov moškega spola praslovanske akcentske paradigme a v slovenskem knjižnem jeziku 16. stoletja

Abstract

In the article, I discuss masculine nouns in the Slovene literary language of the 16th century that belonged to accent paradigm (a) in Proto-Slavic. I base my analysis on the complete listings available at the Section for Historical Dictionaries at the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. My intention is to provide a general overview of the situation and an outline of the development of individual reflexes while analyzing 11 nouns in more detail: brat ‘brother’, čas ‘time’, človek ‘man’, ded ‘grandfather’, kamen ‘stone’, kraj ‘place’, mraz ‘cold’, prijatelj ‘friend’, rak ‘crayfish’, svet ‘advice’, vnuk ‘grandson’. I also discuss the endings and symbols (yat-reflexes, diacritical marks) that possibly indicate stress placement.