Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aduxa
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *a- + *duxati (“to breathe”) or *duxъ (“breath”).
Noun
edit*aduxa f
Inflection
editDeclension of *aduxa (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *aduxa | *aduśě | *aduxy |
genitive | *aduxy | *aduxu | *aduxъ |
dative | *aduśě | *aduxama | *aduxamъ |
accusative | *aduxǫ | *aduśě | *aduxy |
instrumental | *aduxojǫ, *aduxǫ** | *aduxama | *aduxami |
locative | *aduśě | *aduxu | *aduxasъ, *aduxaxъ* |
vocative | *aduxo | *aduśě | *aduxy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*aduxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 52
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*adušь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 53