Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zapadъ

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

Deverbal from *zapadati (“to decline”), ultimately from *pasti (“to fall”). Compare Latin occidens.

Noun

*zapadъ m

1. (originally) sunset

   Synonym: *zaxodъ

2. (by extension) west

Inflection

Declension of *zapadъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zapadъ	*zapada	*zapadi
genitive	*zapada	*zapadu	*zapadъ
dative	*zapadu	*zapadoma	*zapadomъ
accusative	*zapadъ	*zapada	*zapady
instrumental	*zapadъmь, *zapadomь*	*zapadoma	*zapady
locative	*zapadě	*zapadu	*zapaděxъ
vocative	*zapade	*zapada	*zapadi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: за́пад (západ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: западъ (zapadŭ)

  • Bulgarian: за́пад (západ)
  • Macedonian: запад (zapad)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̑пад

    Latin script: zȃpad

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: západ
  • Kashubian: zôpôd
  • Polish: zapad
  • Slovak: západ

Further reading

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