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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫšča
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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
Deadjectival form of *gǫstъ (“dense”) + *-ja or a nomen acti of *gǫstiti (“to condense”) + *-ja.
Inflection
Declension of *gǫ̃šča (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gǫ̃šča | *gǫ̃šči | *gǫ̃ščę̇ |
| genitive | *gǫ̃ščę̇ | *gǫ̃šču | *gǫ̃ščь |
| dative | *gǫ̃šči | *gǫ̃ščama | *gǫ̃ščamъ |
| accusative | *gǫ̃ščǫ | *gǫ̃šči | *gǫ̃ščę̇ |
| instrumental | *gǫ̃ščejǫ, *gǫ̃ščǫ** | *gǫ̃ščama | *gǫ̃ščamī |
| locative | *gǫ̃šči | *gǫ̃šču | *gǫ̃ščasъ, *gǫ̃ščaxъ* |
| vocative | *gǫšče | *gǫ̃šči | *gǫ̃ščę̇ |
* -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).
** 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).
Alternative forms
- *gǫščь
Related terms
- *gǫstota (“density”)
- *gǫstyni (“dense forrest”)
- *gostostь (“denseness”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫšča/*gǫščь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 89
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