Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strěxa

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 Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread, to extend”). Compare Lithuanian stríegti (“to roof”)

Noun

*strěxa f

1. roof, thatched roof
2. eaves
3. awning, canopy

Inflection

Declension of *strěxa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*strěxa	*strěśě	*strěxy
genitive	*strěxy	*strěxu	*strěxъ
dative	*strěśě	*strěxama	*strěxamъ
accusative	*strěxǫ	*strěśě	*strěxy
instrumental	*strěxojǫ, *strěxǫ**	*strěxama	*strěxami
locative	*strěśě	*strěxu	*strěxasъ, *strěxaxъ*
vocative	*strěxo	*strěśě	*strěxy

^* -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

• *strojь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стрѣха (strěxa)
    • Belarusian: страха́ (straxá)
    • Russian: стреха́ (strexá)
    • Ukrainian: стрі́ха (stríxa)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: стрѣха (strěxa)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱅⱃⱑⱈⰰ (strěxa)

  • Bulgarian: стря́ха (strjáha), стреха́ (strehá)
  • Macedonian: стреа (strea)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стрѐха

    Latin script: strèha

    • Chakavian (Orbanići): strȅha
    • Kajkavian (Bednja): strȅho
  • Slovene: streha
  • → Albanian: strehë
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: střěcha
    • Czech: střecha
  • Old Polish: strzecha
    • Polish: strzecha
  • Slovak: strecha
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: třěcha
    • Lower Sorbian: tśěcha, stśěcha

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стреха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “стреха”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “стрѣха”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 571