Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zaduxъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *za- (“for”) +‎ *duxъ (“gasp”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-, an s-extension of *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”).

Noun

*zaduxъ m

respiratory spasm, shortness of breath
stench, frowst, haze

Alternative forms

*zaduxa f

Declension

Declension of *zaduxъ (hard o-stem, uncountable)

	Singular
Nominative	*zaduxъ
Accusative	*zaduxъ
Genitive	*zaduxa
Locative	*zaduśě
Dative	*zaduxu
Instrumental	zaduxъmь, zaduxomь^*
Vocative	*zaduše

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*zadušiti (“to suffocate”)
*zadušьnъ, *zadušьlivъ (“muggy, suffocating”)

Related terms

*dъxъ (“breath”)
*duxъ (“whiff, sprite, spirit”)
- *vъzduxъ (“deep gasp, air”)
*dyxъ, *dyxanьje (“inhaling”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: задуха f (zaduxa)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: задоухъ (zaduxŭ)
  - → Romanian: zăduf
- Bulgarian: задух m (zaduh, “asthma”), задуха f (zaduha)
- Macedonian: задув (zaduv)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: за̏духа f
  Latin: zȁduha f
West Slavic:
- Polish: zaduch n, zaducha f