Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/luža
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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
Cognate with Latvian l̨ugа, luga Lithuanian liū̃gnas, liū̃gas, lūgas, Ancient Greek Λούγεον (Loúgeon, “swamp”), Albanian lëgatë.
Noun
Declension
Declension of *lùža (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lùža | *lùži | *lùžę̇ |
| genitive | *lùžę̇ | *lùžu | *lùžь |
| dative | *lùžī | *lùžama | *lùžāmъ |
| accusative | *lùžǫ | *lùži | *lùžę̇ |
| instrumental | *lùžējǫ, *lùžǭ* | *lùžama | *lùžāmī |
| locative | *lùžī | *lùžu | *lùžāsъ |
| vocative | *lùže | *lùži | *lùžę̇ |
* 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:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: лужа (luža)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: lúža (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*luža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 217
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лу́жа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lùža”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293: “f. jā (a) ‘puddle, pool’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lužja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 155)”