Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/uroďajь

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

From *uroditi +‎ *-ajь. Compare *rodъ (“harvest”).

Noun

*uroďajь m

1. crop, harvest, yield

Inflection

Declension of *uroďajь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uroďajь	*uroďaja	*uroďaji
genitive	*uroďaja	*uroďaju	*uroďajь
dative	*uroďaju	*uroďajema	*uroďajemъ
accusative	*uroďajь	*uroďaja	*uroďaję̇
instrumental	*uroďajьmь, *uroďajemь*	*uroďajema	*uroďaji
locative	*uroďaji	*uroďaju	*uroďajixъ
vocative	*uroďaju	*uroďaja	*uroďaji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: урожа́й (urožáj), врожа́й (vrožáj)
    • Belarusian: ураджа́й (uradžáj), ўраджа́й (ŭradžáj)
    • Ukrainian: урожа́й (urožáj), врожа́й (vrožáj); уроджа́й (urodžáj) (dialectal)
  • Russian: урожа́й (urožáj)
    • → Bulgarian: урожа́й (urožáj)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: урожда́й (uroždáj) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: urodzaj

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “урожай”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress