Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Fossilized compound form of *-gъ, appended to o-stem roots.
Suffix
*-ogъ m
- Deverbative, forming abstract nouns.
- Synonyms: *-oba, *-oda (the later: non-attested)
- *matati (“to swing, to lash”) → *matoga (“bustle, commotion”)
- *trьvati (“to evade, to endure”) → *trьvoga (“alert”)
- Denominal, forming attributive nouns.
- *svarъ (“quarrel”) → *Svarogъ (“Slavic deity, Ruler of the primordial realm”) (possibly)
- *pirъ (“fest”) → *pirogъ (“type of pie”)
- *batъ (“club, cudgel”) → *batogъ (“thick stick”)
- *tvarь (“creation”) → *tvarogъ (“quark”)
- Deadjectival, forming attributive nouns.
- *ostrъ (“sharp”) → *ostrogъ (“spike”), *ostroga (“fence”)
Declension
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: -огъ (-ogŭ)
- Belarusian: -ог (-oh)
- Russian: -ог (-og)
- Ukrainian: -ог (-oh)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: -огъ (-ogŭ)
- Bulgarian: -ог (-og)
- Macedonian: -ог (-og)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: -ог
- Latin script: -og
- Slovene: -og
- West Slavic:
- Czech: -oh
- Polish: -og
- Slovak: -oh
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: -oh
- Lower Sorbian: -oh