Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojakъ

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

*vojь +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

*vojakъ m

soldier, warrior

Inflection

Declension of *vojakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vojakъ	*vojaka	*vojaci
genitive	*vojaka	*vojaku	*vojakъ
dative	*vojaku	*vojakoma	*vojakomъ
accusative	*vojakъ	*vojaka	*vojaky
instrumental	vojakъmь, vojakomь^*	*vojakoma	*vojaky
locative	*vojacě	*vojaku	*vojacěxъ
vocative	*vojače	*vojaka	*vojaci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Carpathian Rusyn: воя́к (voják)
- Ukrainian: воя́к (voják)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: во̀ја̄к
  
  Latin script: vòjāk
- Slovene: voják (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: wòjôk
- Old Czech: voják
  - Czech: voják
- Polish: wojak
  - → English: Wojak
- Silesian: wojŏk
- Slovak: vojak
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wójak
  - Upper Sorbian: wojak