Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grěza
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
Not entirely clear. Possibly related to Lithuanian graižùs (“deformed, awry”), grai̇̃žas (“rim”), Latvian greizs (“slant, crooked”).
Some dialectal forms seem to have merged with the descendants of Proto-Slavic *gręzь, *gręza (“sludge, grime, mess”).
Noun edit
*grěza f
Alternative forms edit
- *grězъ m
Declension edit
Declension of *grěza (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *grěza | *grězě | *grězy |
genitive | *grězy | *grězu | *grězъ |
dative | *grězě | *grězama | *grězamъ |
accusative | *grězǫ | *grězě | *grězy |
instrumental | *grězojǫ, *grězǫ** | *grězama | *grězami |
locative | *grězě | *grězu | *grězasъ, *grězaxъ* |
vocative | *grězo | *grězě | *grězy |
* -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).
Derived terms edit
- *grěziti (“to daydream, to confuse”)
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: съгрѣза (sŭgrěza, “confusion”)
Further reading edit
- Anikin, A. E. (2018) “грёза”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 12 (грак – дбать), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 70
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грёза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grěza”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 119
- “graižus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012