Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/storža
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-.
Noun
edit*storža f
Inflection
editDeclension of *storža (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *storža | *storži | *storžę̇ |
genitive | *storžę̇ | *storžu | *storžь |
dative | *storži | *storžama | *storžamъ |
accusative | *storžǫ | *storži | *storžę̇ |
instrumental | *storžejǫ, *storžǫ** | *storžama | *storžami |
locative | *storži | *storžu | *storžasъ, *storžaxъ* |
vocative | *storže | *storži | *storžę̇ |
* -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).
Related terms
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verbs
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стра́жа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress