Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pušča

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

By surface analysis, *pȗstъ (“desolate”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*pušča f

1. desolate place

Declension

Declension of *pušča (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pušča	*pušči	*puščę̇
genitive	*puščę̇	*pušču	*puščь
dative	*pušči	*puščama	*puščamъ
accusative	*puščǫ	*pušči	*puščę̇
instrumental	*puščejǫ, *puščǫ**	*puščama	*puščami
locative	*pušči	*pušču	*puščasъ, *puščaxъ*
vocative	*pušče	*pušči	*puščę̇

^* -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

• *pustošь
• *pustyni

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пуща (pušča)
    • Old Ruthenian: пу́ща (púšča), пу́сча (púsča)
      • Belarusian: пу́шча (púšča)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: пу́ща (púšča)
      • Ukrainian: пу́ща (púšča)
    • Russian: пу́ща (púšča)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пу́ща (púšta) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: púšča (tonal orthography)
    • ⇒ Slovene: puščȃva (tonal orthography) (+ suffix *-ava)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: puszcza
    • Polish: puszcza
    • Silesian: puszcza
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: pùszcza

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пу́ща”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress