Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posoka

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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

Action noun of *posočiti (to point out), from *po- +‎ *sočiti + *-a. Morphologically identical with Lithuanian pãsaka (fairy tale), Latvian pasaka (legend, folktale) (originally meaning “something said, implied”).

Noun

*posoka f

  1. direction

Declension

Declension of *posoka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *posoka *posocě *posoky
genitive *posoky *posoku *posokъ
dative *posocě *posokama *posokamъ
accusative *posokǫ *posocě *posoky
instrumental *posokojǫ, *posokǫ** *posokama *posokami
locative *posocě *posoku *posokasъ, *posokaxъ*
vocative *posoko *posocě *posoky

* -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).

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: посо́ка (posóka)
    • Macedonian: посока (posoka)

Further reading

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “посока”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 542