Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫže
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Formed as *ǫzъ (“bond, junction”) + *-je. In several daughter languages, the descendants demonstrate prosthetic *v- or *j-.
Modern South Slavic descendants descendants decline as *-ę, but this is likely due to later reanalysis (compare the South Slavic descendants of Proto-Slavic *moře).
Noun
*ǫ̀že n[1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ǫže | *ǫži | *ǫža |
| genitive | *ǫža | *ǫžu | *ǫžь |
| dative | *ǫžu | *ǫžema | *ǫžemъ |
| accusative | *ǫže | *ǫži | *ǫža |
| instrumental | *ǫžьmь, *ǫžemь* | *ǫžema | *ǫži |
| locative | *ǫži | *ǫžu | *ǫžixъ |
| vocative | *ǫže | *ǫži | *ǫža |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *ǫženъ (“made of rope”)
- *ǫžьnikъ (“captive”)
- *sǫžьňь (“slave”)
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech:
- Polabian: vǫzе
- Slovak:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “у́же”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въже”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 202
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “súženj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ǫ̋že”