Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aduxa

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

From *a- +‎ *duxati (“to breathe”) or *duxъ (“breath”).

Noun

*aduxa f

  1. dyspnea; asthma

Inflection

Declension of *aduxa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *aduxa *aduśě *aduxy
genitive *aduxy *aduxu *aduxъ
dative *aduśě *aduxama *aduxamъ
accusative *aduxǫ *aduśě *aduxy
instrumental *aduxojǫ, *aduxǫ** *aduxama *aduxami
locative *aduśě *aduxu *aduxasъ, *aduxaxъ*
vocative *aduxo *aduśě *aduxy

* -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).

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: я́духа (jáduxa), йаду́ха (jadúxa)
  • West Slavic:
    • Lesser Polish: jaducha
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: jaduš

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*aduxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 52
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*adušь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 53
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