Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polьdza
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *po- + *lьga.
Noun
*polьdza f[1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *polьdza | *polьdzi | *polьdzę̇ |
| genitive | *polьdzę̇ | *polьdzu | *polьdzь |
| dative | *polьdzi | *polьdzama | *polьdzamъ |
| accusative | *polьdzǫ | *polьdzi | *polьdzę̇ |
| instrumental | *polьdzejǫ, *polьdzǫ** | *polьdzama | *polьdzami |
| locative | *polьdzi | *polьdzu | *polьdzasъ, *polьdzaxъ* |
| vocative | *polьdze | *polьdzi | *polьdzę̇ |
* -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
- *polьga
Descendants
- East Slavic: польга (polĭga)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polabian: pü᾽ölga
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “польза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “по́льза”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 54
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*polьdza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412: “f. jā ‘use, benefit’”