Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šujь

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

From earlier *sjūju, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sjaujás, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)sewyós.

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit सव्य (savya, “left”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬎𐬎𐬀 (haouua), 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀 (haoiia), Middle Welsh aswy, aseu (“left”) (*adsewyo-, *adsewo-).

Adjective

*šȗjь

1. left

Inflection

Accent paradigm c.

Indefinite declension of *šujь (soft)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*šujь	*šuja	*šuje
genitive	*šuja	*šuję̇	*šuja
dative	*šuju	*šuji	*šuju
accusative	*šujь	*šujǫ	*šuje
instrumental	*šujemь	*šujejǫ	*šujemь
locative	*šuji	*šuji	*šuji
vocative	*šuju	*šuje	*šuje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*šuja	*šuji	*šuji
genitive	*šuju	*šuju	*šuju
dative	*šujema	*šujama	*šujema
accusative	*šuja	*šuji	*šuji
instrumental	*šujema	*šujama	*šujema
locative	*šuju	*šuju	*šuju
vocative	*šuja	*šuji	*šuji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*šuji	*šuję̇	*šuja
genitive	*šujь	*šujь	*šujь
dative	*šujemъ	*šujamъ	*šujemъ
accusative	*šuję̇	*šuję̇	*šuja
instrumental	*šuji	*šujami	*šuji
locative	*šujixъ	*šujaxъ	*šujixъ
vocative	*šuji	*šuję̇	*šuja

Definite declension of *šujь (soft)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*šujьjь	*šujaja	*šujeje
genitive	*šujajego	*šuję̇ję̇	*šujajego
dative	*šujujemu	*šujiji	*šujujemu
accusative	*šujьjь	*šujǫjǫ	*šujeje
instrumental	*šujijimь	*šujǫjǫ	*šujijimь
locative	*šujijemь	*šujiji	*šujijemь
vocative	*šujьjь	*šujaja	*šujeje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*šujaja	*šujiji	*šujiji
genitive	*šujuju	*šujuju	*šujuju
dative	*šujijima	*šujijima	*šujijima
accusative	*šujaja	*šujiji	*šujiji
instrumental	*šujijima	*šujijima	*šujijima
locative	*šujuju	*šujuju	*šujuju
vocative	*šujaja	*šujiji	*šujiji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*šujiji	*šuję̇ję̇	*šujaja
genitive	*šujьjixъ	*šujьjixъ	*šujьjixъ
dative	*šujijimъ	*šujijimъ	*šujijimъ
accusative	*šuję̇ję̇	*šuję̇ję̇	*šujaja
instrumental	*šujijimi	*šujijimi	*šujijimi
locative	*šujijixъ	*šujijixъ	*šujijixъ
vocative	*šujiji	*šuję̇ję̇	*šujaja

Synonyms

• *lěvъ (“left”)

Antonyms

• *desnъ (“right”)
• *pravъ (“right”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: шуи (šui)
    • Old Ruthenian: шуй (šuj)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: шу́йбіч (šújbič)
    • Russian: шуй (šuj)
      • ⇒ Russian: шу́йца (šújca)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: шоуи (šui), шюи (šjui)

    Glagolitic script: ⱎⱆⰺ (šui), ⱎⱓⰺ (šjui)

    ⇒ Old Cyrillic script: шоуица (šuica)

    ⇒ Glagolitic script: ⱎⱆⰺⱌⰰ (šuica)

  • Old Serbo-Croatian: šuj
    • Serbo-Croatian:

      ⇒ Cyrillic script: шувак

      ⇒ Latin script: šuvak

  • Slovene: šȗj, šúja f (tonal orthography)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 487
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шуй”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress