Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strojь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *strájas, from Proto-Indo-European *stroyos, from *sterh₃- (“to spread, stretch out”). Cognate with Latvian strãjа (“straw-lined stall”), Latin striа (“furrow, fold”), striātus (“folded”).

Noun

*stròjь m

1. order, regime
2. array, arrangement, line
3. system

Inflection

Declension of *stròjь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stròjь	*strojì	*stròjьjē, *stròjē*
genitive	*stròji	*stròjьju, *stroju*	*strojь̀jь, *stròji*
dative	*strojì	*stròjьma	*strojь̀mъ
accusative	*stròjь	*strojì	*strojì
instrumental	*strojь̀mь	*stròjьma	*stròjьmī
locative	*stròji	*stròjьju, *stroju*	*strojь̀xъ
vocative	*stroji	*strojì	*stròjьjē, *stròjē*

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *strojiti (“to build, to rise up”)
  • *stroježь (“structure, buildup”)
• *strojьnъ (“slender”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: строи (stroi)
    • Old Ruthenian: строй (stroj)
      • Belarusian: строй (stroj)
      • Ukrainian: стрій (strij)
    • Middle Russian: строи (stroi)
      • Russian: строй (stroj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: строи (stroi)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱅⱃⱁⰹ (stroi)

  • Bulgarian: строй (stroj)
  • Macedonian: строј (stroj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: стро̑ј

    Latin script: strȏj

  • Slovene: strȍj (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: stroj
    • Czech: stroj
  • Old Polish: strój
    • Polish: strój
  • Slovak: stroj
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: stroj

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “строй”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “строй”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 502
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “стрій”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 444
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “строй”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka