Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xyža
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From an earlier *xyza, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.
Noun
*xyža f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xyža | *xỳži | *xỳžę̇ |
| genitive | *xỳžę̇ | *xỳžu | *xỳžь |
| dative | *xỳžī | *xỳžama | *xỳžāmъ |
| accusative | *xỳžǫ | *xỳži | *xỳžę̇ |
| instrumental | *xỳžējǫ, *xỳžǭ* | *xỳžama | *xỳžāmī |
| locative | *xỳžī | *xỳžu | *xỳžāsъ |
| vocative | *xỳže | *xỳži | *xỳžę̇ |
* 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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xyža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 165