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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/galǫzь

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

Alternative forms
  • *galǫza

Etymology

Possibly from *galъ (“barren”) +‎ *-ǫzь (cf. dial. Russian га́лый (gályj, “arid, desolate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-. Akin to Old Armenian կողր (kołr).

Noun

*galǫzь f

  1. branch, twig
    Synonym: *větvь

Inflection
Declension of *galǫzь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *galǫzь *galǫzi *galǫzi
genitive *galǫzi *galǫzьju, *galǫžu* *galǫzьjь, *galǫzi*
dative *galǫzi *galǫzьma *galǫzьmъ
accusative *galǫzь *galǫzi *galǫzi
instrumental *galǫzьjǫ, *galǫžǫ* *galǫzьma *galǫzьmi
locative *galǫzi *galǫzьju, *galǫžu* *galǫzьxъ
vocative *galǫzi *galǫzi *galǫzi
* 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).
adjectives
noun
  • *golьje

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: галу́за (galúza), га́лызь (gályzʹ)
    • Ukrainian: га́лузь (háluzʹ), галу́за (halúza)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “галу́за”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*galǫza / *galǫzъ / *galǫzь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 95
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