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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mězga
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ-.
Noun
*mězga f
- sap
Inflection
Declension of *mězga (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mězga | *mězdzě | *mězgy |
| Accusative | *mězgǫ | *mězdzě | *mězgy |
| Genitive | *mězgy | *mězgu | *mězgъ |
| Locative | *mězdzě | *mězgu | *mězgasъ, *mězgaxъ* |
| Dative | *mězdzě | *mězgama | *mězgamъ |
| Instrumental | *mězgojǫ, *mězgǫ** | *mězgama | *mězgami |
| Vocative | *mězgo | *mězdzě | *mězgy |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣзга (mězga)
- Old Ruthenian: мѣзга (mězha), мезга (mezha)[1]
- Belarusian: мязга́ (mjazhá)
- ⇒ Rusyn: мiзка́ (mizká)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: мiзка́ (mizká)
- Russian: мезга́ (mezgá)
- Old Ruthenian: мѣзга (mězha), мезга (mezha)[1]
- Old East Slavic: мѣзга (mězga)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: мъзга (mǎzga)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ме́зга
- Latin: mézga
- Kajkavian (Bednja): mīēzgȍ
- Slovene: mẹ́zgа (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: miezha
- Czech: míza
- Old Polish: miazga
- Polish: miazga
- Lesser Polish (Sidzina): ḿåzga
- Polish: miazga
- Slovak: miazga
- Slovincian: mjǻu̯zgă
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: měza
- Lower Sorbian: mězga
- Old Czech: miezha
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mězga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 223
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мезга́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “мезга”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 315