Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prǫga

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

From *prǫgati +‎ *-a.

Noun

*prǫga f

strip, stripe, streak
Synonyms: *polsa, *smuga

Inflection

Declension of *prǫga (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*prǫga	*prǫdzě	*prǫgy
Accusative	*prǫgǫ	*prǫdzě	*prǫgy
Genitive	*prǫgy	*prǫgu	*prǫgъ
Locative	*prǫdzě	*prǫgu	prǫgasъ, prǫgaxъ^*
Dative	*prǫdzě	*prǫgama	*prǫgamъ
Instrumental	prǫgojǫ, prǫgǫ^**	*prǫgama	*prǫgami
Vocative	*prǫgo	*prǫdzě	*prǫgy

^* -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).

Related terms

adjective

*prǫgavъ

nouns

*pręgъ
*prǫglo
*prǫgъ
*prǫžina

verbs

*pręťi
*prǫžiti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: пру́га (prúga)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пру́га
  Latin: prúga
- Slovene: próga (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: prouha
- Old Polish: prąga
  - Polish: pręga
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: рšugа
  Upper Sorbian: pruha