Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ogъ

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

Fossilized compound form of *-gъ, appended to o-stem roots.

Suffix

*-ogъ m

1. 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”)

2. 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”)

3. Deadjectival, forming attributive nouns.

   *ostrъ (“sharp”) → *ostrogъ (“spike”), *ostroga (“fence”)

Alternative forms

• *-oga f

Declension

Declension of *-ogъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-ogъ	*-oga	*-odzi
genitive	*-oga	*-ogu	*-ogъ
dative	*-ogu	*-ogoma	*-ogomъ
accusative	*-ogъ	*-oga	*-ogy
instrumental	*-ogъmь, *-ogomь*	*-ogoma	*-ogy
locative	*-odzě	*-ogu	*-odzěxъ
vocative	*-ože	*-oga	*-odzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ogъ

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-oga

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