Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žasъ

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

Related to *užasъ, of disputed origin.

East Slavic forms exhibit final -х under the influence of analogous emotional states: *straxъ (“fear”), *upolxъ (“timidness”), *směxъ (“laughter”).

Noun

*žasъ m

1. fright, awe

Declension

Declension of *žasъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žasъ	*žasa	*žasi
genitive	*žasa	*žasu	*žasъ
dative	*žasu	*žasoma	*žasomъ
accusative	*žasъ	*žasa	*žasy
instrumental	*žasъmь, *žasomь*	*žasoma	*žasy
locative	*žasě	*žasu	*žasěxъ
vocative	*žase	*žasa	*žasi

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

Derived terms

• *žasiti impf, *žasnǫti pf
• *žasati
• *žasota (abstract noun)
• *nažasъ
• *peržasъ
• *užasъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: жах (žax)
  • Ukrainian: жах (žax)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: žas (dialectal)
  • Slovak: žas (obsolete)
  • ⇒ Polish: żachnąć się

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ужас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жас”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 188
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жах”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 189
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “жах”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka