Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posagъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editResultant noun of *posagati (“to wed”) + *-ъ (whence Old Church Slavonic посагати (posagati)).
Noun
edit*posagъ m
- wedding (in Russian), marriage (in Old Church Slavonic)
- Synonyms: *svatьba, *bьrakъ, *snubľenьje
- dowry (elsewhere)
Declension
editDeclension of *posagъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *posagъ | *posaga | *posadzi |
genitive | *posaga | *posagu | *posagъ |
dative | *posagu | *posagoma | *posagomъ |
accusative | *posagъ | *posaga | *posagy |
instrumental | *posagъmь, *posagomь* | *posagoma | *posagy |
locative | *posadzě | *posagu | *posadzěxъ |
vocative | *posaže | *posaga | *posadzi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
editSee also
edit- *posadъ (“honorary place where newly-wed sit during wedding”)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: посагъ (posagŭ, “marriage”)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “посаг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “посаг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 534