Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/duša
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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
Perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dáuṣjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowsyeh₂, from *dʰews- + *-yeh₂. Equivalent to *duxъ (“spirit”) + *-ja.
Compare Lithuanian daũsios f pl (“air; empyrean, paradise”), Gaulish dusios (“phantasm”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *dušà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dušà | *dȗši | *dȗšę̇ |
| genitive | *dušę̇́ | *dušù | *dũšь |
| dative | *dušì | *dušàma | *dušàmъ |
| accusative | *dȗšǫ | *dȗši | *dȗšę̇ |
| instrumental | *dušejǫ́ | *dušàma | *dušàmi |
| locative | *dȗšī | *dušù | *dušàsъ, *dušàxъ* |
| vocative | *duše | *dȗši | *dȗšę̇ |
* -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.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*duša”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 164
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dušà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127: “f. jā (c) ‘soul’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “duša dušě”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c sjæl (PR 138)”