оухо

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ȗxo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *auṣ- or possibly *auṣ-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

оухо • (uxo) n

1. ear
2. eye of a needle
3. hearing

Declension

The singular takes o-stem endings, the dual takes mostly i-stem endings, and the plural takes s-stem endings. Nonetheless оухо is conventionally considered an s-stem. Halla-aho considers the dual forms a remnant of an original i-stem which later became an s-stem, but Derksen reconstructs the Proto-Slavic form as an o-stem instead.

Reconstructed:

Declension of оухо ((irregular s-stem))

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	оухо uxo	оушью, оушию ušĭju, ušiju	оушесьмъ ušesĭmŭ
genitive	оуши uši	оушесъ ušesŭ	оухомь uxomĭ
dative	оушеса ušesa	оусѣ usě	оушима ušima
accusative	оухо uxo	оушью, оушию ušĭju, ušiju	оушесꙑ ušesy
instrumental	оуши uši	оушесьхъ ušesĭxŭ	оухо uxo
locative	оушеса ušesa	оухоу uxu	оуши uši
vocative	оуха uxa	оушима ušima	оушеса ušesa

Attested:

Declension of оухо (type)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	оухо uxo	оушью, оушию ušĭju, ušiju	— —
genitive	оуши uši	оушесъ† ušesŭ†	— —
dative	оушеса† ušesa†	— —	оушима† ušima†
accusative	оухо uxo	оушью, оушию ušĭju, ušiju	оушесꙑ ušesy
instrumental	оуши, оуші uši, uši	— —	— —
locative	— —	оухоу uxu	— —
vocative	оуха† uxa†	оушима† ušima†	— —

†Only attested in later Church Slavonic.

References

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “оухо”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “оухо”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN
• Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki