Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/struga
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *strujiti (“to stream, to spout”) + *-ga, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew-. Cognate with Latvian straũga, struga, strūga, strũgla.
Noun
[edit]*struga f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *struga (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *struga | *strudzě | *strugy |
| genitive | *strugy | *strugu | *strugъ |
| dative | *strudzě | *strugama | *strugamъ |
| accusative | *strugǫ | *strudzě | *strugy |
| instrumental | *strugojǫ, *strugǫ** | *strugama | *strugami |
| locative | *strudzě | *strugu | *strugasъ, *strugaxъ* |
| vocative | *strugo | *strudzě | *strugy |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic: струга (struga)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “струга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress