Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posǫda

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 *po- +‎ *sǫda.

Noun

*posǫda f

  1. tableware, dishes, dishware

Declension

Declension of *posǫda (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *posǫda *posǫdě *posǫdy
genitive *posǫdy *posǫdu *posǫdъ
dative *posǫdě *posǫdama *posǫdamъ
accusative *posǫdǫ *posǫdě *posǫdy
instrumental *posǫdojǫ, *posǫdǫ** *posǫdama *posǫdami
locative *posǫdě *posǫdu *posǫdasъ, *posǫdaxъ*
vocative *posǫdo *posǫdě *posǫdy

* -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: пасу́да (pasúda); пасу́дзя (pasúdzja) (dialectal)
    • Russian: посу́да (posúda)
    • Ukrainian: посу́да (posúda) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

  • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “по́суд”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka