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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zapadъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
It can be analyzed as being derived from *zapadati, ultimately from *pasti (“to fall”).Compare Latin occidentem.
Noun
*zapadъ m
- (originally) sunset
- (by extension) west
Inflection
Declension of *zapadъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *zapadъ | *zapada | *zapadi |
| Accusative | *zapadъ | *zapada | *zapady |
| Genitive | *zapada | *zapadu | *zapadъ |
| Locative | *zapadě | *zapadu | *zapaděxъ |
| Dative | *zapadu | *zapadoma | *zapadomъ |
| Instrumental | *zapadъmь, *zapadomь* | *zapadoma | *zapady |
| Vocative | *zapade | *zapada | *zapadi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: за́пад (západ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: западъ (zapadŭ)
- Bulgarian: за́пад (západ)
- Macedonian: запад (zapad)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: за̑пад
- Latin: zȃpad
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: západ
- Kashubian: zôpôd
- Polish: zapad
- Slovak: západ
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “за́пад”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress