Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dužь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *daugjas, probably from a conflation of Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce”) with another root of unclear origin. Cognate with Latvian daũdz, Lithuanian daũg.
Adjective
*dužь
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *dužь (soft)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dužь | *duža | *duže |
| genitive | *duža | *dužę̇ | *duža |
| dative | *dužu | *duži | *dužu |
| accusative | *dužь | *dužǫ | *duže |
| instrumental | *dužemь | *dužejǫ | *dužemь |
| locative | *duži | *duži | *duži |
| vocative | *dužu | *duže | *duže |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *duža | *duži | *duži |
| genitive | *dužu | *dužu | *dužu |
| dative | *dužema | *dužama | *dužema |
| accusative | *duža | *duži | *duži |
| instrumental | *dužema | *dužama | *dužema |
| locative | *dužu | *dužu | *dužu |
| vocative | *duža | *duži | *duži |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *duži | *dužę̇ | *duža |
| genitive | *dužь | *dužь | *dužь |
| dative | *dužemъ | *dužamъ | *dužemъ |
| accusative | *dužę̇ | *dužę̇ | *duža |
| instrumental | *duži | *dužami | *duži |
| locative | *dužixъ | *dužaxъ | *dužixъ |
| vocative | *duži | *dužę̇ | *duža |
Definite declension of *dužь (soft)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dužьjь | *dužaja | *dužeje |
| genitive | *dužajego | *dužę̇ję̇ | *dužajego |
| dative | *dužujemu | *dužiji | *dužujemu |
| accusative | *dužьjь | *dužǫjǫ | *dužeje |
| instrumental | *dužijimь | *dužǫjǫ | *dužijimь |
| locative | *dužijemь | *dužiji | *dužijemь |
| vocative | *dužьjь | *dužaja | *dužeje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *dužaja | *dužiji | *dužiji |
| genitive | *dužuju | *dužuju | *dužuju |
| dative | *dužijima | *dužijima | *dužijima |
| accusative | *dužaja | *dužiji | *dužiji |
| instrumental | *dužijima | *dužijima | *dužijima |
| locative | *dužuju | *dužuju | *dužuju |
| vocative | *dužaja | *dužiji | *dužiji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *dužiji | *dužę̇ję̇ | *dužaja |
| genitive | *dužьjixъ | *dužьjixъ | *dužьjixъ |
| dative | *dužijimъ | *dužijimъ | *dužijimъ |
| accusative | *dužę̇ję̇ | *dužę̇ję̇ | *dužaja |
| instrumental | *dužijimi | *dužijimi | *dužijimi |
| locative | *dužijixъ | *dužijixъ | *dužijixъ |
| vocative | *dužiji | *dužę̇ję̇ | *dužaja |
Related terms
- *nedǫ̀gъ (“infirmity”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dužь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дю́жий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117