Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zasluga

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

A deverbal of *zaslužiti, ultimately, derived from *sluga.

Noun

*zasluga f

1. merit

Inflection

Declension of *zasluga (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zasluga	*zasludzě	*zaslugy
genitive	*zaslugy	*zaslugu	*zaslugъ
dative	*zasludzě	*zaslugama	*zaslugamъ
accusative	*zaslugǫ	*zasludzě	*zaslugy
instrumental	*zaslugojǫ, *zaslugǫ**	*zaslugama	*zaslugami
locative	*zasludzě	*zaslugu	*zaslugasъ, *zaslugaxъ*
vocative	*zaslugo	*zasludzě	*zaslugy

^* -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:
  • Belarusian: заслу́га (zaslúha)
  • Russian: заслу́га (zaslúga)
  • Ukrainian: заслу́га (zaslúha)
• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: заслу̀га (zaslùga)
  • Macedonian: заслуга (zasluga)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̑слуга

    Latin script: zȃsluga

  • Slovene: zaslúga (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zásluha
    • Czech: zásluha
  • Old Polish: zasługa
    • Polish: zasługa
  • Slovak: zásluha