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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъzduxъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *vъz- (“up, above”) + *duxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-, an s-extension of *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”).
Noun
*vъzduxъ m
- deep gasp, sigh
- Synonym: *vъzdyšьka
- air (secondary, possibly post Common Slavic)
Declension
Declension of *vъzduxъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *vъzduxъ | *vъzduxa | *vъzduśi |
Accusative | *vъzduxъ | *vъzduxa | *vъzduxy |
Genitive | *vъzduxa | *vъzduxu | *vъzduxъ |
Locative | *vъzduśě | *vъzduxu | *vъzduśěxъ |
Dative | *vъzduxu | *vъzduxoma | *vъzduxomъ |
Instrumental | *vъzduxъmь, *vъzduxomь* | *vъzduxoma | *vъzduxy |
Vocative | *vъzduše | *vъzduxa | *vъzduśi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *vъzdušьnъ (adj.)
- *vъzduxařь (“one full with air”)
Related terms
- *dъxъ (“breath”)
- ⇒ Russian: вздох (vzdox, “sigh”)
- *duxъ (“whiff, sprite, spirit”)
- *zaduxъ (“asthma”)
- *dyxъ, *dyxanьje (“inhaling”)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: възди́шка (vǎzdíška), въздиха́ние (vǎzdihánie, “sigh”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: воздух (vozdux) (spread from Church Slavonic)
- → Czech: vzduch
- → Slovak: vzduch
- Russian: воздух (vozdux) (spread from Church Slavonic)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: въздоухъ (vŭzduxŭ)
- → Romanian: văzduh
- Bulgarian: въ́здух (vǎ́zduh)
- Macedonian: воздух (vozduh)
- Serbo-Croatian: (spread from Church Slavonic)
- Cyrillic: ва̀здух, у̏здух
- Latin: vàzduh, ȕzduh
- Old Church Slavonic: въздоухъ (vŭzduxŭ)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “воздух”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “въздух”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 203