Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/posoka

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

Action noun of *posočiti (“to point out”), from *po- +‎ *sočiti + *-a. Morphologically identical with Lithuanian pãsaka (“fairy tale”), Latvian pasaka (“legend, folktale”) (originally meaning “something said, implied”).

Noun

*posoka f

direction

Declension

Declension of *posoka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*posoka	*posocě	*posoky
genitive	*posoky	*posoku	*posokъ
dative	*posocě	*posokama	*posokamъ
accusative	*posokǫ	*posocě	*posoky
instrumental	posokojǫ, posokǫ^**	*posokama	*posokami
locative	*posocě	*posoku	posokasъ, posokaxъ^*
vocative	*posoko	*posocě	*posoky

^* -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).

Related terms

*nasoka (“guideline; instigation”)
*o(b)soka (“round-up, focus”)

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: посо́ка (posóka)
- Macedonian: посока (posoka)