Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/duxъna

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

Alternative reconstructions

*duxna

Etymology

From *duxъ +‎ *-ъna.

Noun

*duxъna f

upper featherbed

Inflection

Declension of *duxъna (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*duxъna	*duxъně	*duxъny
genitive	*duxъny	*duxъnu	*duxъnъ
dative	*duxъně	*duxъnama	*duxъnamъ
accusative	*duxъnǫ	*duxъně	*duxъny
instrumental	duxъnojǫ, duxъnǫ^**	*duxъnama	*duxъnami
locative	*duxъně	*duxъnu	duxъnasъ, duxъnaxъ^*
vocative	*duxъno	*duxъně	*duxъny

^* -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).

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ду̏ња
  
  Latin script: dȕnja
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: duchna
  - Czech: duchna
- Polish: duchna
- Slovak: duchna

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: dunyha
  - → Romanian: dună

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dux(ъ)na”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 151