Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(s)mъlžь

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

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Noun

*(s)mъlžь m

slug, snail
Synonym: *slimakъ
bivalve

Inflection

Declension of *(s)mъlžь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(s)mъlžь	*(s)mъlži	(s)mъlžьje, (s)mъlže^*
genitive	*(s)mъlži	(s)mъlžьju, (s)mъlžu^*	(s)mъlžьjь, (s)mъlži^*
dative	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlžьma	*(s)mъlžьmъ
accusative	*(s)mъlžь	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlži
instrumental	*(s)mъlžьmь	*(s)mъlžьma	*(s)mъlžьmi
locative	*(s)mъlži	(s)mъlžьju, (s)mъlžu^*	*(s)mъlžьxъ
vocative	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlži	(s)mъlžьje, (s)mъlže^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: смължь (smŭlžĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: *смовжъ (*smovž)
    - Belarusian: смоўж (smoŭž); смуж (smuž), смуг (smuh) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: смовж (smovž), смовз (smovz), сноз (snoz) (dialectal)
      - ⇒ Ukrainian: смо́вик (smóvyk), смо́вжик (smóvžyk), смо́взик (smóvzyk) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: smólsz
- Polabian: måuz
- Old Polish: *smołż
  - ⇒ Old Polish: smołżowe
  - Polish: małż
    - → Czech: mlž

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смолж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “смовж”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “смоўж”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka