Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zapadъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editIt can be analyzed as being derived from *zapadati, ultimately from *pasti (“to fall”). Compare Latin occidens.
Noun
edit*zapadъ m
Inflection
editDeclension of *zapadъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *zapadъ | *zapada | *zapadi |
genitive | *zapada | *zapadu | *zapadъ |
dative | *zapadu | *zapadoma | *zapadomъ |
accusative | *zapadъ | *zapada | *zapady |
instrumental | *zapadъmь, *zapadomь* | *zapadoma | *zapady |
locative | *zapadě | *zapadu | *zapaděxъ |
vocative | *zapade | *zapada | *zapadi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- Russian: за́пад (západ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “за́пад”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress