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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žukъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Ultimately onomatopoeic.
Noun
*žukъ m
- beetle (insect)
Declension
Declension of *žukъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *žukъ | *žuka | *žuci |
Accusative | *žukъ | *žuka | *žuky |
Genitive | *žuka | *žuku | *žukъ |
Locative | *žucě | *žuku | *žucěxъ |
Dative | *žuku | *žukoma | *žukomъ |
Instrumental | *žukъmь, *žukomь* | *žukoma | *žuky |
Vocative | *žuče | *žuka | *žuci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: жукъ (žukŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: жукъ (žuk), жꙋкъ (žuk), жоукъ (žuk)
- Belarusian: жук (žuk)
- Rusyn: жук (žuk)
- Ukrainian: жук (žuk), джук (džuk)
- Russian: жук (žuk)
- Old Ruthenian: жукъ (žuk), жꙋкъ (žuk), жоукъ (žuk)
- Old East Slavic: жукъ (žukŭ)
- West Slavic:
- ⇒ Czech: žukat
- Polabian: zauk
- Polish: żuk
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: žuk
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жук”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress