Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xyža

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 an earlier *xyza, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

Noun

*xyža f

  1. hut?, cabin?, house?

Declension

Declension of *xyža (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
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