"rěčь" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See rěčь in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From lengthened grade *rěk- of *reťi + *-ь. Etymology templates: {{affix|sla-pro|*reťi|*-ь}} *reťi + *-ь Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun|rě̑čь|ap=c|g=f}} Forms: rě̑čь [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], rě̑čь [nominative, singular], rě̑či [dual, nominative], rě̑či [nominative, plural], rěčí [genitive, singular], rěčьjù [dual, genitive], rěčь̀jь [genitive, plural], rě̑či [dative, singular], rěčьmà [dative, dual], rě̑čьmъ [dative, plural], rě̑čь [accusative, singular], rě̑či [accusative, dual], rě̑či [accusative, plural], rěčьjǫ́ [instrumental, singular], rěčьmà [dual, instrumental], rěčьmì [instrumental, plural], rěčí [locative, singular], rěčьjù [dual, locative], rě̑čьxъ [locative, plural], rěči [singular, vocative], rě̑či [dual, vocative], rě̑či [plural, vocative]
  1. speech Wikipedia link: Rick Derksen Tags: reconstruction
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    {
      "form": "rě̑či",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "rěčьjǫ́",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rěčьmà",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rěčьmì",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rěčí",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "rěčьjù",
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      "tags": [
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    {
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
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        "Proto-Slavic feminine i-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic i-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm c",
        "Proto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ь",
        "sla-pro:Talking"
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      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Rick Derksen"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rěčь"
}

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