Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smuga
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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According to Vasmer, akin to Lithuanian sùsmauga, Latvian smaugs. Further compare Old Norse smeygja.
Noun
*smuga f
Declension
Declension of *smuga (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *smuga | *smudzě | *smugy |
| genitive | *smugy | *smugu | *smugъ |
| dative | *smudzě | *smugama | *smugamъ |
| accusative | *smugǫ | *smudzě | *smugy |
| instrumental | *smugojǫ, *smugǫ** | *smugama | *smugami |
| locative | *smudzě | *smugu | *smugasъ, *smugaxъ* |
| vocative | *smugo | *smudzě | *smugy |
* -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:
- Slovene: smúga (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сму́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress