Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dъxъ

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

Zero-grade counterpart of *duxъ (“breath, spirit”) and *dyxъ (“whiff, sniff”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-.

Noun

*dъxъ m

breath
whiff

Declension

Declension of *dъxъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dъxъ	*dъxa	*dъśi
Accusative	*dъxъ	*dъxa	*dъxy
Genitive	*dъxa	*dъxu	*dъxъ
Locative	*dъśě	*dъxu	*dъśěxъ
Dative	*dъxu	*dъxoma	*dъxomъ
Instrumental	dъxъmь, dъxomь^*	*dъxoma	*dъxy
Vocative	*dъše	*dъxa	*dъśi

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

Derived terms

*dъxnǫti (“to inhale”)
*dъxavъ (“with strong aroma”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: вдох (vdox)
- Ukrainian: дох (dox)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дъхъ (dŭxŭ)
- Bulgarian: дъх (dǎh)
- Serbo-Croatian: да̏х
West Slavic:
- Czech: dech
- Polish: dech

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dъxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 178
Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “дъх”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 466