Reflections on the dual of *visnije Moravě and the ethnonyms *Marhari and *Merehani through the
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Reflexie o duáli *vyšnije Moravě i etnonymách *Marhari a *Merehani cez prizmu Šafárikových Slovanských starožitností
Reflections on the dual of *visnije Moravě and the ethnonyms *Marhari and *Merehani through the prism of Šafárikʼs Slavonic Antiquities

Author(s): Ivor Ripka
Subject(s): Morphology, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Slovenský komitét slavistov a Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava SAV, v.v.i.
Keywords: Dual *vyšnije Moravě; Bavarian Geographer; Ethnonyms *Marhari and *Merehani; P. J. Šafárik; Slavonic Antiquitis

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents reflexively the previous interpretations of the dual forms *visnije Moravě and the ethnonyms *Marhari and *Merehani, evidenced in the 9th century manuscript of the Bavarian Geographer. The author recalls the ever-inspiring interpretations of Pavel Jozef Šafárik from his Slavonic Antiquities. He divided Upper Moravia (in later literature – from the time of Constantine Porphyrogenitus – traditionally referred to as Great Moravia) into the Danube and the Pannonian parts. Opinions according to which these are the territories of Pomoravie and Slovak Ponitrie are not correct or acceptable.

  • Issue Year: 59/2024
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 176-183
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Slovak
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