Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(s)mъlžь

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

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Noun

*(s)mъlžь m

1. slug, snail

   Synonym: *slimakъ

2. bivalve

Inflection

Declension of *(s)mъlžь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(s)mъlžь	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlžьje, *(s)mъlže*
genitive	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlžьju, *(s)mъlžu*	*(s)mъlžьjь, *(s)mъlži*
dative	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlžьma	*(s)mъlžьmъ
accusative	*(s)mъlžь	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlži
instrumental	*(s)mъlžьmь	*(s)mъlžьma	*(s)mъlžьmi
locative	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlžьju, *(s)mъlžu*	*(s)mъlžьxъ
vocative	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlži	*(s)mъlžьje, *(s)mъlže*

^* 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: смължь (smŭlžĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *смовжъ (*smovž)
      • Belarusian: смоўж (smoŭž); смуж (smuž), смуг (smuh) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: смовж (smovž), смовз (smovz), сноз (snoz) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: смо́вик (smóvyk), смо́вжик (smóvžyk), смо́взик (smóvzyk) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: smólsz
  • Polabian: måuz
  • Old Polish: *smołż
    • ⇒ Old Polish: smołżowe
    • Polish: małż
      • → Czech: mlž

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смолж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “смовж”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “смоўж”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka