Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gryža

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gryža

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

Nomen acti of *gryzti (“to gnaw”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*grỳža f[1][2]

1. physical discomfort, pain (usually in the stomach)

   → dysentery, hernia

2. worry, concern

Declension

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*grỳža	*grỳži	*grỳžę̇
Accusative	*grỳžǫ	*grỳži	*grỳžę̇
Genitive	*grỳžę̇	*grỳžu	*grỳžь
Locative	*grỳžī	*grỳžu	*grỳžāsъ
Dative	*grỳžī	*grỳžama	*grỳžāmъ
Instrumental	*grỳžējǫ, *grỳžǭ*	*grỳžama	*grỳžāmī
Vocative	*grỳže	*grỳži	*grỳžę̇

^* 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

• *gruzъ (“crushed stone”)
• *gryza (“bite”)
• *gryzota (“worry”)
• *gryzačь (“rodent”)

Derived terms

• *gryžiti (“to worry, to care”)
• *gryževьnъ (“caring, concerned”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: гры́жа (hrýža)
  • Russian: гры́жа (grýža)
  • Russian: гри́жа (gríža, “sorrow”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: гри́жа (gríža, “concern, worry”)
  • Macedonian: грижа (griža, “concern, worry”)
  • Serbo-Croatian: grȉža
  • Slovene: grȋža (tonal orthography)
• Other:
  • Romanian: grijă (“concern, worry”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гры́жа”, 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), “*gryža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 161
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “грижа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 281

References

1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “gryža”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “grȋža”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*gry̋z'a”