Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posagъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Resultant noun of *posagati (“to wed”) +‎ *-ъ (whence Old Church Slavonic посагати (posagati)).

Noun

*posagъ m

1. wedding (in Russian), marriage (in Old Church Slavonic)

   Synonyms: *svatьba, *bьrakъ, *snubľenьje

2. dowry (elsewhere)

   Synonyms: *věno, *pridanь

Declension

Declension of *posagъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*posagъ	*posaga	*posadzi
genitive	*posaga	*posagu	*posagъ
dative	*posagu	*posagoma	*posagomъ
accusative	*posagъ	*posaga	*posagy
instrumental	*posagъmь, *posagomь*	*posagoma	*posagy
locative	*posadzě	*posagu	*posadzěxъ
vocative	*posaže	*posaga	*posadzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *sagati, *sagnǫti

See also

• *posadъ (“honorary place where newly-wed sit during wedding”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Middle Russian: посагъ (posag, “wedding”)
    • Russian: поса́г (poság) (standard)
  • Old East Slavic: *посагъ (*posagŭ, “dowry”)
    • Belarusian: паса́г m (pasáh), паса́га f (pasáha)
    • Russian: поса́г (poság) (dialectal, Tver region)
    • Ukrainian: по́са́г (pósáh), dial. по́сяг (pósjah)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: посагъ (posagŭ, “marriage”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: posah (“dowry”)
  • Polish: posag (“dowry”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “посаг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “посаг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 534