Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/metъliga

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

From *metъla +‎ *-iga.

Noun

*metъliga f

1. some kind of grass

Declension

Declension of *metъliga (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*metъliga	*metъlidzě	*metъligy
genitive	*metъligy	*metъligu	*metъligъ
dative	*metъlidzě	*metъligama	*metъligamъ
accusative	*metъligǫ	*metъlidzě	*metъligy
instrumental	*metъligojǫ, *metъligǫ**	*metъligama	*metъligami
locative	*metъlidzě	*metъligu	*metъligasъ, *metъligaxъ*
vocative	*metъligo	*metъlidzě	*metъligy

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: dial. метли́га (metlíga)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: метли́га (metlíga)

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*metъliga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 129