Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zasluga

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

A deverbal of *zaslužiti, ultimately, derived from *sluga.

Noun

*zasluga f

merit

Inflection

Declension of *zasluga (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*zasluga	*zasludzě	*zaslugy
Accusative	*zaslugǫ	*zasludzě	*zaslugy
Genitive	*zaslugy	*zaslugu	*zaslugъ
Locative	*zasludzě	*zaslugu	zaslugasъ, zaslugaxъ^*
Dative	*zasludzě	*zaslugama	*zaslugamъ
Instrumental	zaslugojǫ, zaslugǫ^**	*zaslugama	*zaslugami
Vocative	*zaslugo	*zasludzě	*zaslugy

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: заслу́га (zaslúha)
  - Belarusian: заслу́га (zaslúha)
  - Ukrainian: заслу́га (zaslúha)
- Russian: заслу́га (zaslúga)
South Slavic
- Bulgarian: заслу̀га (zaslùga)
- Macedonian: заслуга (zasluga)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: за̑слуга
  Latin: zȃsluga
- Slovene: zaslúga (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zásluha
  - Czech: zásluha
- Old Polish: zasługa
  - Polish: zasługa
- Slovak: zásluha