dě̄rà

dě̄rà Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `crack, hole'

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Old Russian:

děra `opening' [f ā]

Czech:

díra `hole' [f ā]

Slovak:

diera `hole' [f ā]

Slovincian:

ʒė̂ră `hole' [f ā]

Upper Sorbian:

dźěra `hole, lair' [f ā]

Indo-European reconstruction: dēr-

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Comments: AP (b) confirms the a lengthened grade in the root.

Other cognates:

Skt. dárti `scatter, split' [3sgaorinj];

Gk. δέρω `flay' [verb];

Go. distaíran `tear apart' [verb]