Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prisęga
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Deverbal from *prisęťi (“to swear an oath”), from *pri- + *sęťi (“to reach for”).
Noun
[edit]*prisę̀ga f[1]
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *prisę̀ga (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *prisę̀ga | *prisę̀dzě | *prisę̀gy |
| genitive | *prisę̀gy | *prisę̀gu | *prisę̀gъ |
| dative | *prisę̀dzě | *prisę̀gama | *prisę̀gamъ |
| accusative | *prisę̀gǫ | *prisę̀dzě | *prisę̀gy |
| instrumental | *prisę̀gojǫ, *prisę̀gǭ** | *prisę̀gama | *prisę̀gamī |
| locative | *prisę̀dzě | *prisę̀gu | *prisę̀gasъ, *prisę̀gaxъ* |
| vocative | *prisę̀go | *prisę̀dzě | *prisę̀gy |
* -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).
** 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: присѧга (prisęga)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: prisẹ̑ga (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “prisẹ̑ga”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*prisę̋ga”
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прися́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress