Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovьsiga
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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
From *ovьsъ (“oats”) + *-iga.
Noun
*ovьsiga f
- a type of oat; Avena fatua
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ovьsiga | *ovьsidzě | *ovьsigy |
| genitive | *ovьsigy | *ovьsigu | *ovьsigъ |
| dative | *ovьsidzě | *ovьsigama | *ovьsigamъ |
| accusative | *ovьsigǫ | *ovьsidzě | *ovьsigy |
| instrumental | *ovьsigojǫ, *ovьsigǫ** | *ovьsigama | *ovьsigami |
| locative | *ovьsidzě | *ovьsigu | *ovьsigasъ, *ovьsigaxъ* |
| vocative | *ovьsigo | *ovьsidzě | *ovьsigy |
* -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).
See also
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: овсига (ovsiga)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lipiga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 122