Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rězъ

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 Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rḗˀźas, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵós, from Proto-Indo-European *wreh₁ǵ-. Cognate with Lithuanian rėžas (“cut”).

Noun

*rě̑zъ m^[1]

cut
edge, blade
→ (by extension) knife, cutting tool

Synonyms: *ostrьje, *sěčivo

Declension

Declension of *rě̑zъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rě̑zъ	*rě̑za	*rě̑zi
genitive	*rě̑za	*rězù	*rě̃zъ
dative	*rě̑zu	*rězomà	*rězòmъ
accusative	*rě̑zъ	*rě̑za	*rě̑zy
instrumental	rě̑zъmь, rě̑zomь^*	*rězomà	*rězý
locative	*rě̑zě	*rězù	*rězě̃xъ
vocative	*rěze	*rě̑za	*rě̑zi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*rězь (“carving, acute pain”)
*rězati (“to cut”)
*rězenь (“slice”)
*raziti (“to pound, to astound”)
- *poraženьje (“defeat”)
- *sъraženьje (“combat”)
*zaraza (“infectious disease”)

Derived terms

*rězъka (diminutive)
*prorězъ (“slit, notch”)
*narězъ (“ripple, groove”)
*perrězъ (“incision”)
*orzrězъ (“section”)
*otъrězъka (“scrap”)
*jьzrězъka (“snip, cut piece”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: рез (rez)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: рѣзъ (rězŭ)
- Bulgarian: рез (rez, “blade, edge”), dial. ряз (rjaz)
- Macedonian: рез (rez, “edge”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ре̑з
  
  Latin script: rȇz
- Slovene: rẹ̑z
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: řěz
  - Czech: řez
- Polish: rzaz
- Slovak: rez?

References

^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “rězъ rěza”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 41, 156)”

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001) “rězъ rěza”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 41, 156)”

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