Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫprǫga

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

*sǫprǫgъ (“husband”) +‎ *-a

Noun

*sǫprǫ̀ga f

1. feminine of *sǫprǫ̀gъ: wife (female spouse)

Declension

Declension of *sǫprǫga (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sǫprǫga	*sǫprǫdzě	*sǫprǫgy
genitive	*sǫprǫgy	*sǫprǫgu	*sǫprǫgъ
dative	*sǫprǫdzě	*sǫprǫgama	*sǫprǫgamъ
accusative	*sǫprǫgǫ	*sǫprǫdzě	*sǫprǫgy
instrumental	*sǫprǫgojǫ, *sǫprǫgǫ**	*sǫprǫgama	*sǫprǫgami
locative	*sǫprǫdzě	*sǫprǫgu	*sǫprǫgasъ, *sǫprǫgaxъ*
vocative	*sǫprǫgo	*sǫprǫdzě	*sǫprǫgy

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сꙋпрꙋ́га (suprúga)
    • Russian: супру́га (suprúga)
    • Ukrainian: супру́га (suprúha)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: сѫпрѫга (sǫprǫga)
  • Bulgarian: съпру́га (sǎprúga)
  • Macedonian: сопруга (sopruga)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: су̏пруга

    Latin script: sȕpruga

  • Slovene: soprọ́ga／soprọ̑ga (tonal orthography)