Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/smuga

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

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According to Vasmer, akin to Lithuanian sùsmauga, Latvian smaugs. Further compare Old Norse smeygja.

Per Dal, Shansky, Tsyhanenko, akin to Russian сму́глый (smúglyj), Chernykh, however, deny it.

Noun

*smuga f

1. stripe?, streak?, strip?

   Synonyms: *polsa, *prǫga

Declension

Declension of *smuga (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*smuga	*smudzě	*smugy
genitive	*smugy	*smugu	*smugъ
dative	*smudzě	*smugama	*smugamъ
accusative	*smugǫ	*smudzě	*smugy
instrumental	*smugojǫ, *smugǫ**	*smugama	*smugami
locative	*smudzě	*smugu	*smugasъ, *smugaxъ*
vocative	*smugo	*smudzě	*smugy

^* -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:
  • Russian: сму́га (smúga) (dialectal), >? Russian: сму́глый (smúglyj)
  • Ukrainian: сму́га (smúha)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: smúga (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: šmouha
  • Polish: smuga
  • Slovak: smuha, šmuha, šmúha
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: smuha
    • Lower Sorbian: smuga

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “смуга”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смуга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachev's comments: see also Gunnar Herne, Die slavischen Farbenbenennungen, Uppsala, 1954, 62ff.
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смуглый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “смуглый”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 181
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “смуглый”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “смуглый”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 387