Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prǫžina
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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
Noun
*prǫžina f
Declension
Declension of *prǫžina (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *prǫžina | *prǫžině | *prǫžiny |
| genitive | *prǫžiny | *prǫžinu | *prǫžinъ |
| dative | *prǫžině | *prǫžinama | *prǫžinamъ |
| accusative | *prǫžinǫ | *prǫžině | *prǫžiny |
| instrumental | *prǫžinojǫ, *prǫžinǫ** | *prǫžinama | *prǫžinami |
| locative | *prǫžině | *prǫžinu | *prǫžinasъ, *prǫžinaxъ* |
| vocative | *prǫžino | *prǫžině | *prǫžiny |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пружина (pružina)
- Macedonian: пружина (pružina)
- Slovene: prožína (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пружи́на”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress