Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/snaga
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Noun
*snaga f
Declension
Declension of *snaga (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *snaga | *snadzě | *snagy |
| genitive | *snagy | *snagu | *snagъ |
| dative | *snadzě | *snagama | *snagamъ |
| accusative | *snagǫ | *snadzě | *snagy |
| instrumental | *snagojǫ, *snagǫ** | *snagama | *snagami |
| locative | *snadzě | *snagu | *snagasъ, *snagaxъ* |
| vocative | *snago | *snadzě | *snagy |
* -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:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сна́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress