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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьgna
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European stigʰ-n-eh₂, from the root *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”).
Noun
*stьgna f
- path
- Synonym: *pǫ̃tь
Inflection
Declension of *stьgna (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *stьgna | *stьgně | *stьgny |
Accusative | *stьgnǫ | *stьgně | *stьgny |
Genitive | *stьgny | *stьgnu | *stьgnъ |
Locative | *stьgně | *stьgnu | *stьgnasъ, *stьgnaxъ* |
Dative | *stьgně | *stьgnama | *stьgnamъ |
Instrumental | *stьgnojǫ, *stьgnǫ** | *stьgnama | *stьgnami |
Vocative | *stьgno | *stьgně | *stьgny |
* -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
nouns
- *stьdza
- *stьžьka
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стьгна (stĭgna)
- Russian: сто́гна (stógna) (obsolete)
- Ukrainian: сто́гни (stóhny) (obsolete)
- Old East Slavic: стьгна (stĭgna)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: стьгна (stĭgna)
- Bulgarian: стъгда́ (stǎgdá)
- Slovene: stǝgnè (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Kashubian: stegna
- Old Polish: ściegna, stegna
- Polish: ściegna (dialectal)
- Slovincian: stẽi̯gnа
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сто́гна”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress