Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aduxa

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 *a- +‎ *duxati (“to breathe”) or *duxъ (“breath”).

Noun

*aduxa f

1. dyspnea; asthma

Inflection

Declension of *aduxa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*aduxa	*aduśě	*aduxy
genitive	*aduxy	*aduxu	*aduxъ
dative	*aduśě	*aduxama	*aduxamъ
accusative	*aduxǫ	*aduśě	*aduxy
instrumental	*aduxojǫ, *aduxǫ**	*aduxama	*aduxami
locative	*aduśě	*aduxu	*aduxasъ, *aduxaxъ*
vocative	*aduxo	*aduśě	*aduxy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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).

Alternative forms

• *adušь

Derived terms

• *adušivъ / *adušьlivъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: я́духа (jáduxa), йаду́ха (jadúxa)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: jaducha
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jaduš

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*aduxa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 52
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*adušь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 53