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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/staja
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Object noun of *stati (“to stand”) + *-ja. Related to Lithuanian stójus (rare), stotìs (“station”) and further akin to Proto-Germanic *stiją (“sty, shelter”).
A homomorphous resultant noun is attested in Polish staja f, staje n (“span, unit of measure”), Ukrainian ста́я (stája, “id.”).
Noun
*stàja f[1][2]
- stall, station → compartment
- Synonyms: *stojidlo, *stajadlo
- (by extension) sty, barn, stable (stall for livestock)
- → herd, flock (East Slavic)
- Synonyms: *stado, *čьrda
- → herd, flock (East Slavic)
Declension
Declension of *staja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *staja | *stàji | *stàję̇ |
Accusative | *stàjǫ | *stàji | *stàję̇ |
Genitive | *stàję̇ | *stàju | *stàjь |
Locative | *stàjī | *stàju | *stàjāsъ |
Dative | *stàjī | *stàjama | *stàjāmъ |
Instrumental | *stàjējǫ, *stàjǭ* | *stàjama | *stàjāmī |
Vocative | *stàje | *stàji | *stàję̇ |
* 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).
Derived terms
- *stajica, *stajьka (diminutive)
- *stajьnъ
Related terms
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂- (0 c, 12 e)
Derived terms
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стаꙗ (staja)
- Belarusian: ста́я (stája, “herd”), ста́йня (stájnja, “stable”)
- → Lithuanian: staĩnė (“stable”)
- Russian: ста́я (stája, “herd, flock”)
- Ukrainian: ста́я (stája, “shepherd's hut”), ста́йня (stájnja, “stable”)
- Belarusian: ста́я (stája, “herd”), ста́йня (stájnja, “stable”)
- Old East Slavic: стаꙗ (staja)
- South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic: стаꙗ (staja)
- Bulgarian: ста́я (stája, “room”)
- Macedonian: стаја (staja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ста̏ја
- Latin: stȁja
- Slovene: stája (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: stájě
- Czech: stáj m or f (standard), stáje f (alternative)
- Old Czech: stájě
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “стая”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “стая”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 439
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “staja”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 109)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “staja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sta̋ja”