Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osojь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Unclear: denominal/deverbal, *ot-/*ob-, *(s)ḱeh₁y-/*(s)ḱeh₃-.
- Per Miklosich, Дуриданов, Лома: from *otsojь with *ot-. Compare 13th century Old Serbian на Ѡтсоиноу стѣноу and antonymous Church Slavonic присоѥ (prisoje, “sunny place”).
- Per ESSJa: from *obsojь with "shadow" ⇐ "shine" / "reflection" (отблеск). Compare Sanskrit छाया (chāyā, “shadow; shade; reflection”) ("shadow" ⇒ "reflection" if from *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness, shadow”)).
- Proto-Slavic *ob (“around”) would mean one around which light passes, devoid of light. Similar to Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ (“island”) from Proto-Slavic *strujiti (“to stream”).
- Per Bezlaj: from *obsojь with abessive *ob-. Compare *h₂epó (“off, away”) / *h₂pó > *opakъ, *po.
- Per Skok: from assimilated *usojь, from negative *u-. Compare *ubogъ.
- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to shine, shimmer”)
- *(s)ḱeh₃y- (“to shade”), *(s)ḱeh₃-
- Proto-Slavic *sěnь (“shadow”) (per Vasmer). See also *siňь, *sivъ, *śěrъ.
- Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow; shade”), σκοιός (skoiós, “shady”) (per ?ESSJa, ?Vasmer)
- Sanskrit छाया (chāyā, “shadow; shade; reflection”) (per ?ESSJa, ?Vasmer)
- See also Proto-Germanic *blakaz and *blaikaz, *blankaz.
Noun
Alternative forms
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *osojь | *osoja | *osoji |
| genitive | *osoja | *osoju | *osojь |
| dative | *osoju | *osojema | *osojemъ |
| accusative | *osojь | *osoja | *osoję̇ |
| instrumental | *osojьmь, *osojemь* | *osojema | *osoji |
| locative | *osoji | *osoju | *osojixъ |
| vocative | *osoju | *osoja | *osoji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Derived terms
- *osojьnъ, *usojьnъ (“shady, non-lit by the sun”)
- *osojьnikъ, *usojьnikъ (“flower growing in shady places, Echium”)
- *osojьnica, *usojьnica (“viper”) (lit. one that rests at shady places)
- *osojьskъ (“northern, non-lit by the sun”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: осовня (osovnja) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ Aleksandar Loma (2020) “Оружие, орудие, серб. урутка и смешение приставок”, in Зборник Матице српске за филологију и лингвистику , volume 63, number 1, Novi Sad: ?, page 17
- ^ Franz Miklosich (1862–1865) “присоиѥ”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 679
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “osọ̄jen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*o(b)sòja”
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obsoja/*obsoje/*obsojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 251
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “осой, осоя, осое”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 942
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сиять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress