Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nasoka

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

Instead of regular **nasoča, back-formed from *nasočiti (“to slander, accuse; to incite, instigate”), from *na- +‎ *sočiti + *-a.

Noun

*nasoka f

1. slander

   Synonyms: *navětъ, *narokъ, *navada

2. direction, guideline (South Slavic)

Inflection

Declension of *nasoka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nasoka	*nasocě	*nasoky
genitive	*nasoky	*nasoku	*nasokъ
dative	*nasocě	*nasokama	*nasokamъ
accusative	*nasokǫ	*nasocě	*nasoky
instrumental	*nasokojǫ, *nasokǫ**	*nasokama	*nasokami
locative	*nasocě	*nasoku	*nasokasъ, *nasokaxъ*
vocative	*nasoko	*nasocě	*nasoky

^* -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).

Related terms

• *posoka (“direction”)
• *o(b)soka (“round-up, charge”)

Descendants

• East Slavic: —
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: насо́ка (nasóka, “direction”)
  • Macedonian: на́сока (násoka, “direction”)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: násoka (“calumniation, slander”)
    • Czech: násoka městská (“delatura”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1996), “*nasoka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 23 (*narodьnъjь – *navijakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 64
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “насока”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 533