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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aduxa
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *a- + *duxati (“to breathe”) or *duxъ (“breath”).
Noun
*aduxa f
- dyspnea; asthma
Inflection
Declension of *aduxa (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *aduxa | *aduśě | *aduxy |
Accusative | *aduxǫ | *aduśě | *aduxy |
Genitive | *aduxy | *aduxu | *aduxъ |
Locative | *aduśě | *aduxu | *aduxasъ, *aduxaxъ* |
Dative | *aduśě | *aduxama | *aduxamъ |
Instrumental | *aduxojǫ, *aduxǫ** | *aduxama | *aduxami |
Vocative | *aduxo | *aduśě | *aduxy |
* -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).
** 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).
Alternative forms
- *adušь
Derived terms
- *adušivъ / *adušьlivъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: я́духа (jáduxa), йаду́ха (jadúxa)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: jaducha
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: jaduš
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*aduxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 52
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*adušь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 53