Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diža
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Cognate with Lithuanian dỹgė (“gooseberry”), dygùs (“prickly”), díegti, Latvian diêgt (“to prick, prickle”),
Noun
*diža f
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Inflection
Declension of *diža (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *diža | *diži | *dižę̇ |
| genitive | *dižę̇ | *dižu | *dižь |
| dative | *diži | *dižama | *dižamъ |
| accusative | *dižǫ | *diži | *dižę̇ |
| instrumental | *dižejǫ, *dižǫ** | *dižama | *dižami |
| locative | *diži | *dižu | *dižasъ, *dižaxъ* |
| vocative | *diže | *diži | *dižę̇ |
* -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).
See also
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*diža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 37
- Pokorny 1959:383