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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mazь

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
  • *mazъ m

Etymology

From *mazati (“to smear, to anoint, to oil”) +‎ *-ь.

Noun

*mȃzь f

  1. grease

Inflection
Declension of *mȃzь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *mȃzь *mȃzi *mȃzi
genitive *mazí *mazьjù, *mažu* *mazь̀jь
dative *mȃzi *mazьmà *mȃzьmъ
accusative *mȃzь *mȃzi *mȃzi
instrumental *mazьjǫ́ *mazьmà *mazьmì
locative *mazí *mazьjù, *mažu* *mȃzьxъ
vocative *mazi *mȃzi *mȃzi
* 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).
  • *maslo (“oil, butter”)
  • *mastь (“ointment”)
  • *mazati (“to oil, annoint, smear”)
  • *mazъ (“grease, ointment”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мазь (mazĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Old Cyrillic script: мазь f (mazĭ)
    • Bulgarian: мазь (mazʹ)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
      Cyrillic script: маз
      Latin script: mȃz
    • Slovene: maz
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: maz m
    • Polish: maź f
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: maz f
      • Upper Sorbian: maz m (dialectal)

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȃzь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 304
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мазь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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