Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žega

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

Nomen actionis of *žeg-ti (“to heat”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*žega f

1. scorching heat, sultriness

Alternative forms

• *žegъ m

Declension

Declension of *žega (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žega	*žedzě	*žegy
genitive	*žegy	*žegu	*žegъ
dative	*žedzě	*žegama	*žegamъ
accusative	*žegǫ	*žedzě	*žegy
instrumental	*žegojǫ, *žegǫ**	*žegama	*žegami
locative	*žedzě	*žegu	*žegasъ, *žegaxъ*
vocative	*žego	*žedzě	*žegy

^* -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).

Derived terms

• *žegostь (abstract n.)
• *žegavъ (adj.)
• *žežьkъ (adj.)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: жёг m (žog) (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Russian: поджо́г (podžóg), ожо́г (ožóg)
  • Ukrainian: жо́га (žóha)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: же́га (žéga)
  • Macedonian: жега (žega)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: же̏га

    Latin script: žȅga

  • Slovene: žéga (tonal orthography)

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: zheg
  • → Romanian: jeg

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жег, жега”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 529