Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nuďa
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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
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *neh₂ut- (“torment, misfortune”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w- (“the dead, corpse”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
*nùďa f
Declension
Declension of *nuďa (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nuďa | *nuďi | *nuďę̇ |
| genitive | *nuďę̇ | *nuďu | *nuďь |
| dative | *nuďi | *nuďama | *nuďamъ |
| accusative | *nuďǫ | *nuďi | *nuďę̇ |
| instrumental | *nuďejǫ, *nuďǫ** | *nuďama | *nuďami |
| locative | *nuďi | *nuďu | *nuďasъ, *nuďaxъ* |
| vocative | *nuďe | *nuďi | *nuďę̇ |
* -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).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нужа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nudja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 359