Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žęďa
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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
From *žędati (“to wish, desire”) + *-ja.
Noun
*žę̃ďa f[1]
Declension
Declension of *žę̃ďa (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *žę̃ďa | *žę̃ďi | *žę̃ďę̇ |
| genitive | *žę̃ďę̇ | *žę̃ďu | *žę̃ďь |
| dative | *žę̃ďi | *žę̃ďama | *žę̃ďamъ |
| accusative | *žę̃ďǫ | *žę̃ďi | *žę̃ďę̇ |
| instrumental | *žę̃ďejǫ, *žę̃ďǫ** | *žę̃ďama | *žę̃ďamī |
| locative | *žę̃ďi | *žę̃ďu | *žę̃ďasъ, *žę̃ďaxъ* |
| vocative | *žęďe | *žę̃ďi | *žę̃ďę̇ |
* -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).
** 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).
Alternative forms
- *žęďь (Serbo-Croatian)
See also
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: жажа (žaža)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жа́жда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жажда”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 290
- Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “жѧжда”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 222
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жажа”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 840
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*žę́dja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 560