Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ogъ

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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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-agas. Cognates include Lithuanian -agas, Latvian -ags.

Additionally reflects Proto-Germanic *-ugaz in Germanic borrowings such as Proto-Slavic *xǫdogъ (“handy, dextrous”) from Proto-Germanic *handugaz.

Suffix

*-ogъ m[1]

  1. Denominal, forming attributive nouns.
    *sъvarъ (“heat”) → *Sъvarogъ (“Svarog (Slavic god of fire)”)
    *pirъ (“fest, party”) → *pirogъ (“type of pie”)
    *batъ (“club, cudgel”) → *batogъ (“thick stick”)
    *tvarь (“creation”) → *tvarogъ (“quark”)
  2. Deadjectival, forming attributive nouns.
    *ostrъ (“sharp”) → *ostrogъ (“spike”)
    *bьrlъ (“messy, deranged”) → *bьrlogъ (“den”)
    *jьnъ (“other, another”) → *jьnogъ (“griffin”)

Synonyms

Declension

Declension of *-ogъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-ogъ *-oga *-odzi
genitive *-oga *-ogu *-ogъ
dative *-ogu *-ogoma *-ogomъ
accusative *-ogъ *-oga *-ogy
instrumental *-ogъmь, *-ogomь* *-ogoma *-ogy
locative *-odzě *-ogu *-odzěxъ
vocative *-ože *-oga *-odzi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ogъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -огъ (-ogŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: -огъ (-ogŭ)
    • Bulgarian: -ог (-og)
    • Macedonian: -ог (-og)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: -ог
      Latin script: -og
    • Slovene: -og
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: -oh
    • Polish: -og
    • Slovak: -oh
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: -oh
      • Lower Sorbian: -oh

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -ogъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 67
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