Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žega

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

Nomen actionis of *žeg-ti (“to heat”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*žega f

scorching heat, sultriness

Alternative forms

*žegъ m

Declension

Declension of *žega (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žega	*žedzě	*žegy
genitive	*žegy	*žegu	*žegъ
dative	*žedzě	*žegama	*žegamъ
accusative	*žegǫ	*žedzě	*žegy
instrumental	žegojǫ, žegǫ^**	*žegama	*žegami
locative	*žedzě	*žegu	žegasъ, žegaxъ^*
vocative	*žego	*žedzě	*žegy

^* -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).

Derived terms

*žegostь (abstract n.)
*žegavъ (adj.)
*žežьkъ (adj.)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: жёг m (žog) (obsolete)
  - ⇒ Russian: поджо́г (podžóg), ожо́г (ožóg)
- Ukrainian: жо́га (žóha)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: же́га (žéga)
- Macedonian: жега (žega)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: же̏га
  
  Latin script: žȅga
- Slovene: žéga (tonal orthography)

Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: zheg
- → Romanian: jeg