Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sęgъ

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *sę̀gati (“to reach for, to attain”) +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*sęgъ m

measure of length
step

Declension

Declension of *sęgъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sęgъ	*sęga	*sędzi
genitive	*sęga	*sęgu	*sęgъ
dative	*sęgu	*sęgoma	*sęgomъ
accusative	*sęgъ	*sęga	*sęgy
instrumental	sęgъmь, sęgomь^*	*sęgoma	*sęgy
locative	*sędzě	*sęgu	*sędzěxъ
vocative	*sęže	*sęga	*sędzi

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *сѧгъ (*sęgŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: *сѧгъ (*sjah)
    - Belarusian: сяг (sjah)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: сяга́ f (sjahá)
    - Ukrainian: сяг (sjah), сяга́ f (sjahá); сях (sjax) (dialectal)
  - Russian: сяг (sjag)
  - ⇒ Old East Slavic: *шагъ (*šagŭ)
    - Old Ruthenian: *шагъ (*šah)
      - Belarusian: шаг (šah)
      - Ukrainian: шаг (šah)
    - Russian: шаг (šag)
West Slavic:
- Czech: sáh
- Polish: siąg
- Silesian: siōng