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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žasъ

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

Related to *užasъ, of disputed origin.

East Slavic forms exhibit final -х under the influence of analogous emotional states: *straxъ (“fear”), *upolxъ (“timidness”), *směxъ (“laughter”).

Noun

*žasъ m

  1. fright, awe

Declension
Declension of *žasъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *žasъ *žasa *žasi
genitive *žasa *žasu *žasъ
dative *žasu *žasoma *žasomъ
accusative *žasъ *žasa *žasy
instrumental *žasъmь, *žasomь* *žasoma *žasy
locative *žasě *žasu *žasěxъ
vocative *žase *žasa *žasi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *žasiti impf, *žasnǫti pf
  • *žasati
  • *žasota (abstract noun)
  • *nažasъ
  • *peržasъ
  • *užasъ

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: жах (žax)
    • Ukrainian: жах (žax)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: žas (dialectal)
    • Slovak: žas (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Polish: żachnąć się

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ужас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жас”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 188
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жах”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 189
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