Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bosonogъ

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

From *bosъ (“bare”) +‎ *noga (“foot”) +‎ *-ъ.

Adjective

*bosonogъ

1. barefoot

Declension

Indefinite declension of *bosonogъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*bosonogъ	*bosonoga	*bosonogo
genitive	*bosonoga	*bosonogy	*bosonoga
dative	*bosonogu	*bosonogě	*bosonogu
accusative	*bosonogъ	*bosonogǫ	*bosonogo
instrumental	*bosonogomь	*bosonogojǫ	*bosonogomь
locative	*bosonogě	*bosonogě	*bosonogě
vocative	*bosonoge	*bosonogo	*bosonogo
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*bosonoga	*bosonogě	*bosonogě
genitive	*bosonogu	*bosonogu	*bosonogu
dative	*bosonogoma	*bosonogama	*bosonogoma
accusative	*bosonoga	*bosonogě	*bosonogě
instrumental	*bosonogoma	*bosonogama	*bosonogoma
locative	*bosonogu	*bosonogu	*bosonogu
vocative	*bosonoga	*bosonogě	*bosonogě
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*bosonogi	*bosonogy	*bosonoga
genitive	*bosonogъ	*bosonogъ	*bosonogъ
dative	*bosonogomъ	*bosonogamъ	*bosonogomъ
accusative	*bosonogy	*bosonogy	*bosonoga
instrumental	*bosonogy	*bosonogami	*bosonogy
locative	*bosonogěxъ	*bosonogaxъ	*bosonogěxъ
vocative	*bosonogi	*bosonogy	*bosonoga

Definite declension of *bosonogъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*bosonogъjь	*bosonogaja	*bosonogoje
genitive	*bosonogajego	*bosonogyję̇	*bosonogajego
dative	*bosonogujemu	*bosonogěji	*bosonogujemu
accusative	*bosonogъjь	*bosonogǫjǫ	*bosonogoje
instrumental	*bosonogyjimь	*bosonogǫjǫ	*bosonogyjimь
locative	*bosonogějemь	*bosonogěji	*bosonogějemь
vocative	*bosonogъjь	*bosonogaja	*bosonogoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*bosonogaja	*bosonogěji	*bosonogěji
genitive	*bosonoguju	*bosonoguju	*bosonoguju
dative	*bosonogyjima	*bosonogyjima	*bosonogyjima
accusative	*bosonogaja	*bosonogěji	*bosonogěji
instrumental	*bosonogyjima	*bosonogyjima	*bosonogyjima
locative	*bosonoguju	*bosonoguju	*bosonoguju
vocative	*bosonogaja	*bosonogěji	*bosonogěji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*bosonogiji	*bosonogyję̇	*bosonogaja
genitive	*bosonogъjixъ	*bosonogъjixъ	*bosonogъjixъ
dative	*bosonogyjimъ	*bosonogyjimъ	*bosonogyjimъ
accusative	*bosonogyję̇	*bosonogyję̇	*bosonogaja
instrumental	*bosonogyjimi	*bosonogyjimi	*bosonogyjimi
locative	*bosonogyjixъ	*bosonogyjixъ	*bosonogyjixъ
vocative	*bosonogiji	*bosonogyję̇	*bosonogaja

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: басано́гі (basanóhi)
  • Russian: босоно́гий (bosonógij)
  • Ukrainian: босоно́гий (bosonóhyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: босоно́г (bosonóg)
  • Macedonian: бо́соног (bósonog)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: босо̀ног

    Latin script: bosònog

  • Slovene: bosonòg
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bosonohý
  • Polish: bosonogi
  • Slovak: bosonohý

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bosonogъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 222