Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pazduxa
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
The root of the word is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dóws (“shoulder, clavicle”). The prepositional syllable is either the prefix *pa- (“close, secondary”) or the noun *pazъ (“cleft”). The term is a direct cognate with Latvian paduse, while further away it is related to Persian دوش (duš, “shoulder”).
Noun
*pazduxa f
Declension
Declension of *pazduxa (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *pazduxa | *pazduśě | *pazduxy |
genitive | *pazduxy | *pazduxu | *pazduxъ |
dative | *pazduśě | *pazduxama | *pazduxamъ |
accusative | *pazduxǫ | *pazduśě | *pazduxy |
instrumental | *pazduxojǫ, *pazduxǫ** | *pazduxama | *pazduxami |
locative | *pazduśě | *pazduxu | *pazduxasъ, *pazduxaxъ* |
vocative | *pazduxo | *pazduśě | *pazduxy |
* -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).
** 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).