Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/něga
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editProbably deverbal from *něgati.
Noun
edit*něga f[1]
Declension
editDeclension of *něga (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *něga | *nědzě | *něgy |
genitive | *něgy | *něgu | *něgъ |
dative | *nědzě | *něgama | *něgamъ |
accusative | *něgǫ | *nědzě | *něgy |
instrumental | *něgojǫ, *něgǫ** | *něgama | *něgami |
locative | *nědzě | *něgu | *něgasъ, *něgaxъ* |
vocative | *něgo | *nědzě | *něgy |
* -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- *Něgomirъ
- *Něgoslavъ
- *Něgovojь
- *Něgošь
- *Něgota
- *něžьnъ (“tender”)
- *něžьnostь (“tenderness”)
- *něgati, *něžiti (“to tender”)
- *něgovati (“to caress”)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*něga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 97
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нега”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress