Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/staja
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editObject noun of *stati (“to stand”) + *-ja. Related to Lithuanian stójus (rare), stotìs (“station”) and further akin to Proto-Germanic *stiją (“sty, shelter”).
A homomorphous resultant noun is attested in Polish staja f, staje n (“span, unit of measure”), Ukrainian ста́я (stája, “id.”).
Noun
editDeclension
editDeclension of *staja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *staja | *stàji | *stàję̇ |
genitive | *stàję̇ | *stàju | *stàjь |
dative | *stàjī | *stàjama | *stàjāmъ |
accusative | *stàjǫ | *stàji | *stàję̇ |
instrumental | *stàjējǫ, *stàjǭ* | *stàjama | *stàjāmī |
locative | *stàjī | *stàju | *stàjāsъ |
vocative | *stàje | *stàji | *stàję̇ |
* 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
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стая”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стая”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 439
References
edit- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “staja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 109)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “staja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sta̋ja”
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-
- Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ja
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine nouns
- Proto-Slavic soft a-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a
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