Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dyxъ

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

Deverbal of *dyxati (“to breathe”).

Noun

*dyxъ m

1. breath, whiff

Declension

Declension of *dyxъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dyxъ	*dyxa	*dyśi
genitive	*dyxa	*dyxu	*dyxъ
dative	*dyxu	*dyxoma	*dyxomъ
accusative	*dyxъ	*dyxa	*dyxy
instrumental	*dyxъmь, *dyxomь*	*dyxoma	*dyxy
locative	*dyśě	*dyxu	*dyśěxъ
vocative	*dyše	*dyxa	*dyśi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: дых (dyx)
  • Ukrainian: дих (dyx)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дих (dih) (literary)
  • Macedonian: дих (dih) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: dȋh

  • Slovene: díh (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: dych (obsolete)
  • Sorbian
    • Upper Sorbian: dych