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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫprǫga
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
*sǫprǫgъ (“husband”) + *-a
Noun
*sǫprǫ̀ga f
- feminine of *sǫprǫ̀gъ: wife (female spouse)
Declension
Declension of *sǫprǫga (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *sǫprǫga | *sǫprǫdzě | *sǫprǫgy |
Accusative | *sǫprǫgǫ | *sǫprǫdzě | *sǫprǫgy |
Genitive | *sǫprǫgy | *sǫprǫgu | *sǫprǫgъ |
Locative | *sǫprǫdzě | *sǫprǫgu | *sǫprǫgasъ, *sǫprǫgaxъ* |
Dative | *sǫprǫdzě | *sǫprǫgama | *sǫprǫgamъ |
Instrumental | *sǫprǫgojǫ, *sǫprǫgǫ** | *sǫprǫgama | *sǫprǫgami |
Vocative | *sǫprǫgo | *sǫprǫdzě | *sǫprǫgy |
* -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: сꙋпрꙋ́га (suprúga)
- Russian: супру́га (suprúga)
- Ukrainian: супру́га (suprúha)
- Old East Slavic: сꙋпрꙋ́га (suprúga)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: сѫпрѫга (sǫprǫga)
- Bulgarian: съпру́га (sǎprúga)
- Macedonian: сопруга (sopruga)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: су̏пруга
- Latin: sȕpruga
- Slovene: soprọ̑ga (tonal orthography)