Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smaga

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, *smagati (“to whip”) +‎ *-a, most likely akin to Lithuanian smõgti (“to strike, to sway”). Further origin unclear.

Has been tenatively compared with Ancient Greek σμήχω (smḗkhō, “to wipe off, to purge”).

Noun

*smàga f

1. heat, singe, dryness

Declension

Declension of *smàga (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*smàga	*smàdzě	*smàgy
genitive	*smàgy	*smàgu	*smàgъ
dative	*smàdzě	*smàgama	*smàgamъ
accusative	*smàgǫ	*smàdzě	*smàgy
instrumental	*smàgojǫ, *smàgǭ**	*smàgama	*smàgamī
locative	*smàdzě	*smàgu	*smàgasъ, *smàgaxъ*
vocative	*smàgo	*smàdzě	*smàgy

^* -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).

Derived terms

• *smažiti (causative-iterative verb)
• *smaglъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сма́га (smága)
    • Belarusian: сма́га (smáha)
    • Russian: сма́га (smága)
    • Ukrainian: сма́га (smáha)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: smágа (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: smáhа, smahа (obsolete)
  • Polish: smaga
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: smaga
    • Upper Sorbian: smaha

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смага”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “смага”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “smogti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012