падеж

See also: падёж

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic падежь (padežĭ, “case”), a calque of Latin cāsus. Originally, an action noun of падам (padam, “to fall”) +‎ -еж (-ež), from Proto-Slavic *padežь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈdɛʃ/

Noun

паде́ж • (padéž) m

1. (grammar) case
2. (finance) date of payment, redemption date
3. (dated) fall, crumbling

References

• “падеж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

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Macedonian

Noun

падеж • (padež) m

1. (grammar) case

Inflection

Declension of падеж

	singular	plural
indefinite	падеж	падежи
definite unspecified	падежот	падежите
definite proximal	падежов	падеживе
definite distal	падежон	падежине
vocative	падежу	падежи
count form	—	падежа

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈdʲeʂ]

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic падежь (padežĭ), from Proto-Slavic *padežь. Doublet of падёж (padjóž), the inherited East Slavic form.

The sense of “grammatical case” is a calque of Latin cāsus, which is also derived from the verb for falling, cadō (and is itself a calque from Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis)). Compare Bulgarian паде́ж (padéž).

Noun

паде́ж • (padéž) m inan (genitive падежа́, nominative plural падежи́, genitive plural падеже́й)

1. (grammar) case

Declension

Declension of паде́ж (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	паде́ж padéž	падежи́ padeží
genitive	падежа́ padežá	падеже́й padežéj
dative	падежу́ padežú	падежа́м padežám
accusative	паде́ж padéž	падежи́ padeží
instrumental	падежо́м padežóm	падежа́ми padežámi
prepositional	падеже́ padežé	падежа́х padežáx

Derived terms

• имени́тельный паде́ж (imenítelʹnyj padéž, “nominative case”)
• роди́тельный паде́ж (rodítelʹnyj padéž, “genitive case”)
• да́тельный паде́ж (dátelʹnyj padéž, “dative case”)
• вини́тельный паде́ж (vinítelʹnyj padéž, “accusative case”)
• твори́тельный паде́ж (tvorítelʹnyj padéž, “instrumental case”)
• предло́жный паде́ж (predlóžnyj padéž, “prepositional case”)
• ме́стный паде́ж (méstnyj padéž, “locative case”)
• зва́тельный паде́ж (zvátelʹnyj padéž, “vocative case”)
• отложи́тельный паде́ж (otložítelʹnyj padéž, “ablative case”)
• аллати́вный паде́ж (allatívnyj padéž, “allative case”)
• ко́свенный паде́ж (kósvennyj padéž, “oblique case”)

Related terms

• па́дать impf (pádatʹ)
• падёж m (padjóž)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “падеж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From па̏сти, па̏дати (“to fall”). The sense of “grammatical case” is a calque of Latin casus, which is also derived from the verb for falling, cadō. Compare Bulgarian паде́ж (padéž), Russian паде́ж (padéž).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǎːdeʒ/

Noun

па́деж m (Latin spelling pádež)

1. (grammar) case
2. waterfall

Declension

Declension of падеж

	singular	plural
nominative	падеж	падежи
genitive	падежа	падежа
dative	падежу	падежима
accusative	падеж	падеже
vocative	падежу	падежи
locative	падежу	падежима
instrumental	падежом	падежима