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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ězъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźa-. Cognate with Latvian eža (“boundary(-strip), balk”), Lithuanian ežià (“boundary(-strip), balk”), Old Prussian asy (“boundary(-strip), balk”).

Noun

*ězъ m[1]

  1. weir

Declension
Declension of *ězъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ězъ *ěza *ězi
genitive *ěza *ězu *ězъ
dative *ězu *ězoma *ězomъ
accusative *ězъ *ěza *ězy
instrumental *ězъmь, *ězomь* *ězoma *ězy
locative *ězě *ězu *ězěxъ
vocative *ěze *ěza *ězi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms
  • *ěžь
  • *ěža
  • *ezъ

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: яз m (jaz), ез m (jez)
    • Russian: иж m (iž) (dialectal), ёз m (joz)
    • Ukrainian: їз m (jiz), яз m (jaz)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: яз m (jaz)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ја̑з m
      Latin script: jȃz
    • Slovene: jez m, ježa f
  • West Slavic:

References
    • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ězъ; *ěžь; *ěža; *ezъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 155: “m. o; m. jo; f. jā; m. o ‘weir’”
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