Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žasъ

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

Related to *užasъ, of disputed origin.

East Slavic forms exhibit final -х under the influence of analogous emotional states: *straxъ (“fear”), *upolxъ (“timidness”), *směxъ (“laughter”).

Noun

*žasъ m

fright, awe

Declension

Declension of *žasъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žasъ	*žasa	*žasi
genitive	*žasa	*žasu	*žasъ
dative	*žasu	*žasoma	*žasomъ
accusative	*žasъ	*žasa	*žasy
instrumental	žasъmь, žasomь^*	*žasoma	*žasy
locative	*žasě	*žasu	*žasěxъ
vocative	*žase	*žasa	*žasi

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

Derived terms

*nažasъ
*peržasъ
*užasъ
*žasati
*žasiti impf, *žasnǫti pf
*žasota (abstract noun)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: жах (žax)
- Ukrainian: жах (žax)
West Slavic:
- Czech: žas (dialectal)
- Slovak: žas (obsolete)
- ⇒ Polish: żachnąć się

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ужас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жас”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 188
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жах”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 189
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “жах”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka