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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posoka
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Action noun of *posočiti (“to point out”), from *po- + *sočiti + *-a.
Noun
*posoka f
- direction
Declension
Declension of *posoka (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *posoka | *posocě | *posoky |
| Accusative | *posokǫ | *posocě | *posoky |
| Genitive | *posoky | *posoku | *posokъ |
| Locative | *posocě | *posoku | *posokasъ, *posokaxъ* |
| Dative | *posocě | *posokama | *posokamъ |
| Instrumental | *posokojǫ, *posokǫ** | *posokama | *posokami |
| Vocative | *posoko | *posocě | *posoky |
* -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).
Related terms
- *nasoka (“guideline; instigation”)
- *o(b)soka (“round-up, focus”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: посо̀ка (posòka)
- Macedonian: посока (posoka)
Further reading
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), “посока”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 542