Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rogačь

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 *rogъ (“horn”) +‎ *-ačь.

Noun

*rogačь m

horned animal?

Inflection

Declension of *rogačь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rogačь	*rogača	*rogači
genitive	*rogača	*rogaču	*rogačь
dative	*rogaču	*rogačema	*rogačemъ
accusative	*rogačь	*rogača	*rogačę̇
instrumental	rogačьmь, rogačemь^*	*rogačema	*rogači
locative	*rogači	*rogaču	*rogačixъ
vocative	*rogaču	*rogača	*rogači

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

Related terms

*rogatъ (“horned”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: рагач (rahač)
- Russian: рога́ч (rogáč)
- Ukrainian: рога́ч (roháč)^[1]
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: рогач (rogač, “stag”)^[2]
  - → Albanian: rogeçet pl
- Macedonian: рогач (rogač)
- Serbo-Croatian: рогач
- Slovene: rogač
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: roháč
  - Czech: roháč
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): roháč
    - Moravian (Mistřice): roháč
- Polish: rogacz
- Slovak: roháč
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: rohač
  - Lower Sorbian: rogac

-> Non-Slavic: Romanian: răgace

References

^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ріг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
^ Agniya Desnitskaya (1963) Славянские заимствования в албанском языке, USSR Academy of Sciences Publishing House, page 15

[ESUM-1] Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ріг”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

[Desnitskaya-2] Agniya Desnitskaya (1963) Славянские заимствования в албанском языке, USSR Academy of Sciences Publishing House, page 15

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