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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

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)
  • Ukrainian: сму́га (smúha)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: smúga (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: šmouha
  • Polish: smuga
  • Slovak: smuha, šmúha
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: smuha
    • Lower Sorbian: smuga

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сму́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress