Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫzъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Either directly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tight”), or a native formation from the causative Proto-Slavic *ǫziti (“to constrain”).
Adjective
*ǫzъ[1]
- alternative form of *ǫzъkъ
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ǫzъ | *ǫza | *ǫzo |
| genitive | *ǫza | *ǫzy | *ǫza |
| dative | *ǫzu | *ǫzě | *ǫzu |
| accusative | *ǫzъ | *ǫzǫ | *ǫzo |
| instrumental | *ǫzomь | *ǫzojǫ | *ǫzomь |
| locative | *ǫzě | *ǫzě | *ǫzě |
| vocative | *ǫze | *ǫzo | *ǫzo |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *ǫza | *ǫzě | *ǫzě |
| genitive | *ǫzu | *ǫzu | *ǫzu |
| dative | *ǫzoma | *ǫzama | *ǫzoma |
| accusative | *ǫza | *ǫzě | *ǫzě |
| instrumental | *ǫzoma | *ǫzama | *ǫzoma |
| locative | *ǫzu | *ǫzu | *ǫzu |
| vocative | *ǫza | *ǫzě | *ǫzě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *ǫzi | *ǫzy | *ǫza |
| genitive | *ǫzъ | *ǫzъ | *ǫzъ |
| dative | *ǫzomъ | *ǫzamъ | *ǫzomъ |
| accusative | *ǫzy | *ǫzy | *ǫza |
| instrumental | *ǫzy | *ǫzami | *ǫzy |
| locative | *ǫzěxъ | *ǫzaxъ | *ǫzěxъ |
| vocative | *ǫzi | *ǫzy | *ǫza |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ǫzъjь | *ǫzaja | *ǫzoje |
| genitive | *ǫzajego | *ǫzyję̇ | *ǫzajego |
| dative | *ǫzujemu | *ǫzěji | *ǫzujemu |
| accusative | *ǫzъjь | *ǫzǫjǫ | *ǫzoje |
| instrumental | *ǫzyjimь | *ǫzǫjǫ | *ǫzyjimь |
| locative | *ǫzějemь | *ǫzěji | *ǫzějemь |
| vocative | *ǫzъjь | *ǫzaja | *ǫzoje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *ǫzaja | *ǫzěji | *ǫzěji |
| genitive | *ǫzuju | *ǫzuju | *ǫzuju |
| dative | *ǫzyjima | *ǫzyjima | *ǫzyjima |
| accusative | *ǫzaja | *ǫzěji | *ǫzěji |
| instrumental | *ǫzyjima | *ǫzyjima | *ǫzyjima |
| locative | *ǫzuju | *ǫzuju | *ǫzuju |
| vocative | *ǫzaja | *ǫzěji | *ǫzěji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *ǫziji | *ǫzyję̇ | *ǫzaja |
| genitive | *ǫzъjixъ | *ǫzъjixъ | *ǫzъjixъ |
| dative | *ǫzyjimъ | *ǫzyjimъ | *ǫzyjimъ |
| accusative | *ǫzyję̇ | *ǫzyję̇ | *ǫzaja |
| instrumental | *ǫzyjimi | *ǫzyjimi | *ǫzyjimi |
| locative | *ǫzyjixъ | *ǫzyjixъ | *ǫzyjixъ |
| vocative | *ǫziji | *ǫzyję̇ | *ǫzaja |
Derived terms
- *ǫzostъ (“tightness”)
- *ǫzmy, *ǫzmenь (“tight bay”)
Noun
*ǫzъ m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ǫ̃zъ | *ǭzà | *ǭzì |
| genitive | *ǭzà | *ǭzù | *ǫ̃zъ |
| dative | *ǭzù | *ǭzòma | *ǭzòmъ |
| accusative | *ǫ̃zъ | *ǭzà | *ǭzỳ |
| instrumental | *ǭzъ̀mь, *ǭzòmь* | *ǭzòma | *ǫ̃zy |
| locative | *ǭzě̀ | *ǭzù | *ǫ̃zěxъ |
| vocative | *ǫze | *ǭzà | *ǭzì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
- *vęzati (“to knit, to bind”)
- *ǫziti (“to constrain”)
- *ǫzъkъ (“narrow, tight”)
- *ǫzьnъ (“bonded”)
- *ǫza (“chains”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: вѫзъ (vǫzŭ)
- Bulgarian: въз (vǎz), възе (vǎze, “binder, fastener”) (dialectal, possibly from *ǫza)
Further reading
- Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫza / *ǫzъ / *ǫzy”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 98