Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/maxъ

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

Deverbal from *maxati (“to wave”) +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*maxъ m^[1]

single rapid movement in the air, swing, wave, flap, stroke

Inflection

Declension of *maxъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*maxъ	*maxa	*maśi
genitive	*maxa	*maxu	*maxъ
dative	*maxu	*maxoma	*maxomъ
accusative	*maxъ	*maxa	*maxy
instrumental	maxъmь, maxomь^*	*maxoma	*maxy
locative	*maśě	*maxu	*maśěxъ
vocative	*maše	*maxa	*maśi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: махъ (maxŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: махъ (max)
    - Belarusian: мах (max)
    - Ukrainian: мах (max)
  - Russian: мах (max)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: махъ (maxŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰿⰰⱈⱏ (maxŭ)
- Bulgarian: мах (mah)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ма̑х, ма̑
  
  Latin script: mȃh, mȃ
- Slovene: mȃh (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Czech: mach, mách
- Old Polish: mach
  - Polish: mach
- Slovak: mach
- Slovincian: moch
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: mach

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maхъ/*maхa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 129

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maхъ/*maхa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 129

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