Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/utěxa

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 *u- +‎ *těšiti +‎ *-a.

Noun

*utěxa f

  1. consolation

Declension

Declension of *utěxa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *utěxa *utěśě *utěxy
genitive *utěxy *utěxu *utěxъ
dative *utěśě *utěxama *utěxamъ
accusative *utěxǫ *utěśě *utěxy
instrumental *utěxojǫ, *utěxǫ** *utěxama *utěxami
locative *utěśě *utěxu *utěxasъ, *utěxaxъ*
vocative *utěxo *utěśě *utěxy

* -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:
    • Old Ruthenian: утѣ́ха (utě́xa), втѣ́ха (vtě́xa)
      • Belarusian: уце́ха (ucjéxa)
      • Ukrainian: вті́ха (vtíxa), уті́ха (utíxa)
    • Russian: уте́ха (utéxa)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “уте́ха”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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