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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/galǫzь
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *galǫza
Etymology
Possibly from *galъ (“barren”) + *-ǫzь (cf. dial. Russian га́лый (gályj, “arid, desolate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-. Akin to Old Armenian կողր (kołr).
Noun
*galǫzь f
- branch, twig
- Synonym: *větvь
Inflection
Declension of *galǫzь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *galǫzь | *galǫzi | *galǫzi |
Accusative | *galǫzь | *galǫzi | *galǫzi |
Genitive | *galǫzi | *galǫzьju, *galǫžu* | *galǫzьjь, *galǫzi* |
Locative | *galǫzi | *galǫzьju, *galǫžu* | *galǫzьxъ |
Dative | *galǫzi | *galǫzьma | *galǫzьmъ |
Instrumental | *galǫzьjǫ, *galǫžǫ* | *galǫzьma | *galǫzьmi |
Vocative | *galǫzi | *galǫzi | *galǫzi |
* 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).
Related terms
adjectives
- *galъ
- *golъ
noun
- *golьje
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: галу́за (galúza), га́лызь (gályzʹ)
- Ukrainian: га́лузь (háluzʹ), галу́за (halúza)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: haluz, haluzě
- Czech: haluz, haluze
- Old Polish: gałąź
- Polish: gałąź
- Slovak: haluz
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: gałuz
- Upper Sorbian: hałuza
- Old Czech: haluz, haluzě
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “галу́за”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*galǫza / *galǫzъ / *galǫzь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 95