Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posagъ

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

Resultant noun of *posagati (“to wed”) +‎ *-ъ (whence Old Church Slavonic посагати (posagati)).

Noun

*posagъ m

  1. wedding (in Russian), marriage (in Old Church Slavonic)
    Synonyms: *svatьba, *bьrakъ, *snubľenьje
  2. dowry (elsewhere)
    Synonyms: *věno, *pridanь

Declension

Declension of *posagъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *posagъ *posaga *posadzi
genitive *posaga *posagu *posagъ
dative *posagu *posagoma *posagomъ
accusative *posagъ *posaga *posagy
instrumental *posagъmь, *posagomь* *posagoma *posagy
locative *posadzě *posagu *posadzěxъ
vocative *posaže *posaga *posadzi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

  • *sagati, *sagnǫti

See also

  • *posadъ (“honorary place where newly-wed sit during wedding”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Middle Russian: посагъ (posag, “wedding”)
      • Russian: поса́г (poság) (standard)
    • Old East Slavic: *посагъ (*posagŭ, “dowry”)
      • Belarusian: паса́г m (pasáh), паса́га f (pasáha)
      • Russian: поса́г (poság) (dialectal, Tver region)
      • Ukrainian: по́са́г (pósáh), dial. по́сяг (pósjah)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: посагъ (posagŭ, “marriage”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: posah (“dowry”)
    • Polish: posag (“dowry”)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “посаг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “посаг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 534
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