Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ogъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-agas. Cognates include Lithuanian -agas, Latvian -ags.

Additionally reflects Proto-Germanic *-ugaz in Germanic borrowings such as Proto-Slavic *xǫdogъ (“handy, dextrous”) from Proto-Germanic *handugaz.

Suffix

*-ogъ m

1. Denominal, forming attributive nouns.

   *sъvarъ (“heat”) → *Sъvarogъ (“Svarog (Slavic god of fire)”)

   *pirъ (“fest, party”) → *pirogъ (“type of pie”)

   *batъ (“club, cudgel”) → *batogъ (“thick stick”)

   *tvarь (“creation”) → *tvarogъ (“quark”)

2. Deadjectival, forming attributive nouns.

   *ostrъ (“sharp”) → *ostrogъ (“spike”)

   *bьrlъ (“messy, deranged”) → *bьrlogъ (“den”)

   *jьnъ (“other, another”) → *jьnogъ (“griffin”)

Synonyms

• *-oga f

Declension

Declension of *-ogъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-ogъ	*-oga	*-odzi
genitive	*-oga	*-ogu	*-ogъ
dative	*-ogu	*-ogoma	*-ogomъ
accusative	*-ogъ	*-oga	*-ogy
instrumental	*-ogъmь, *-ogomь*	*-ogoma	*-ogy
locative	*-odzě	*-ogu	*-odzěxъ
vocative	*-ože	*-oga	*-odzi

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

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ogъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -огъ (-ogŭ)
    • Belarusian: -ог (-oh)
    • Russian: -ог (-og)
    • Ukrainian: -ог (-oh)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: -огъ (-ogŭ)
  • Bulgarian: -ог (-og)
  • Macedonian: -ог (-og)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -ог

    Latin script: -og

  • Slovene: -og
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: -oh
  • Polish: -og
  • Slovak: -oh
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: -oh
    • Lower Sorbian: -oh