Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prǫga

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 *prǫgati +‎ *-a.

Noun

*prǫga f

strip, stripe, streak
Synonyms: *polsa, *smuga

Inflection

Declension of *prǫga (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*prǫga	*prǫdzě	*prǫgy
genitive	*prǫgy	*prǫgu	*prǫgъ
dative	*prǫdzě	*prǫgama	*prǫgamъ
accusative	*prǫgǫ	*prǫdzě	*prǫgy
instrumental	prǫgojǫ, prǫgǫ^**	*prǫgama	*prǫgami
locative	*prǫdzě	*prǫgu	prǫgasъ, prǫgaxъ^*
vocative	*prǫgo	*prǫdzě	*prǫgy

^* -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).

Related terms

adjective

*prǫgavъ

streaky, streaked, stripy, striped

nouns

verbs

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: пру́га (prúga)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пру́га
  
  Latin script: prúga
- Slovene: próga (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: prouha
- Old Polish: prąga
  - Polish: pręga
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: рšugа
  
  Upper Sorbian: pruha