From Proto-Balto-Slavic *auś- (or possibly *auśi-, if reconstructed as an i-stem), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws. Cognate with Lithuanian ausis, Latvian auss, Old Prussian ausins (accusative plural).
*ȗxo n
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *ȗxo | *ȗšesi | *ušesà |
genitive | *ȗšese | *ušesù | *ušèsъ |
dative | *ȗšesi | *ušesьmà | *ušèsьmъ |
accusative | *ȗxo | *ȗšesi | *ušesà |
instrumental | *ȗšesьmь | *ušesьmà | *ušesý |
locative | *ȗšese | *ušesù | *ušèsьxъ |
vocative | *ȗxo | *ȗšesi | *ušesà |
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ȗxo | *ȗśě | *uxà |
genitive | *ȗxa | *uxù | *ũxъ |
dative | *ȗxu | *uxomà | *uxòmъ |
accusative | *ȗxo | *ȗśě | *uxà |
instrumental | *ȗxъmь, *ȗxomь* | *uxomà | *uxý |
locative | *ȗśě | *uxù | *uśě̃xъ |
vocative | *ȗxo | *ȗśě | *uxà |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Traditionally reconstructed as an s-stem. Derksen reconstructs an o-stem instead, while Halla-aho reconstructs an i-stem (*ušь) on the basis of the Baltic evidence and the OCS dual forms, albeit at an earlier stage of Proto-Slavic than that represented here.