Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/duxъna

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *duxna

Etymology

From *duxъ +‎ *-ъna.

Noun

*duxъna f

1. upper featherbed

Inflection

Declension of *duxъna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*duxъna	*duxъně	*duxъny
genitive	*duxъny	*duxъnu	*duxъnъ
dative	*duxъně	*duxъnama	*duxъnamъ
accusative	*duxъnǫ	*duxъně	*duxъny
instrumental	*duxъnojǫ, *duxъnǫ**	*duxъnama	*duxъnami
locative	*duxъně	*duxъnu	*duxъnasъ, *duxъnaxъ*
vocative	*duxъno	*duxъně	*duxъny

^* -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).

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ду̏ња

    Latin script: dȕnja

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: duchna
    • Czech: duchna
  • Polish: duchna
  • Slovak: duchna

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: dunyha
    • → Romanian: dună

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dux(ъ)na”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 151