Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nosačь

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 *nosъ (“nose”) +‎ *-ačь.

Noun

*nosačь m

1. big-nosed man/animal

   Synonyms: *nosakъ, *nosanъ, *nosaljь, *nosarjь, *nosulja

Inflection

Declension of *nosačь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nosačь	*nosača	*nosači
genitive	*nosača	*nosaču	*nosačь
dative	*nosaču	*nosačema	*nosačemъ
accusative	*nosačь	*nosača	*nosačę̇
instrumental	*nosačьmь, *nosačemь*	*nosačema	*nosači
locative	*nosači	*nosaču	*nosačixъ
vocative	*nosaču	*nosača	*nosači

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *nosatъ (“nosed, big-nosed, long-nosed”)
• *nosatъka
• *nosišče (“big nose”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: наса́ч (nasáč)
  • Russian: носа́ч (nosáč), Носачъ (Nosač)
  • Ukrainian: носа́ч (nosáč)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: nosáč, nosač
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: nosáč
    • Czech: nosáč
  • Polish: nosacz
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: nosač

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nosačь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 198