Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojakъ

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

*vojь +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

*vojakъ m

1. soldier, warrior

Inflection

Declension of *vojakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vojakъ	*vojaka	*vojaci
genitive	*vojaka	*vojaku	*vojakъ
dative	*vojaku	*vojakoma	*vojakomъ
accusative	*vojakъ	*vojaka	*vojaky
instrumental	*vojakъmь, *vojakomь*	*vojakoma	*vojaky
locative	*vojacě	*vojaku	*vojacěxъ
vocative	*vojače	*vojaka	*vojaci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Carpathian Rusyn: воя́к (voják)
  • Ukrainian: воя́к (voják)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: во̀ја̄к

    Latin script: vòjāk

  • Slovene: voják (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: wòjôk
  • Old Czech: voják
    • Czech: voják
  • Polish: wojak
    • → English: Wojak
  • Silesian: wojŏk
  • Slovak: vojak
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wójak
    • Upper Sorbian: wojak