Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pazduxa

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *pōsdaušāˀ, the root of the word is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dóws (“shoulder, clavicle”). The prepositional syllable is either the prefix *pa- (“close, secondary”) or the noun *pazъ (“cleft”). The term is a direct cognate with Latvian paduse, while further away it is related to Persian دوش (duš, “shoulder”).

Noun

*pazduxa f

  1. bosom (space between the breasts)
  2. armpit

Declension

Declension of *pazduxa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pazduxa *pazduśě *pazduxy
genitive *pazduxy *pazduxu *pazduxъ
dative *pazduśě *pazduxama *pazduxamъ
accusative *pazduxǫ *pazduśě *pazduxy
instrumental *pazduxojǫ, *pazduxǫ** *pazduxama *pazduxami
locative *pazduśě *pazduxu *pazduxasъ, *pazduxaxъ*
vocative *pazduxo *pazduśě *pazduxy

* -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

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: па́зуха (pázuxa)
    • Russian: па́зуха (pázuxa)
    • Ukrainian: па́зуха (pázuxa)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
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