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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/něga

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

Probably deverbal from *něgati.

Noun

*něga f[1]

  1. care, nurture
  2. delight, tenderness

Declension
Declension of *něga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *něga *nědzě *něgy
genitive *něgy *něgu *něgъ
dative *nědzě *něgama *něgamъ
accusative *něgǫ *nědzě *něgy
instrumental *něgojǫ, *něgǫ** *něgama *něgami
locative *nědzě *něgu *něgasъ, *něgaxъ*
vocative *něgo *nědzě *něgy
* -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).

Derived terms
  • *Něgomirъ
  • *Něgoslavъ
  • *Něgovojь
  • *Něgošь
  • *Něgota
  • *něžьnъ (“tender”)
  • *něžьnostь (“tenderness”)
  • *něgati, *něžiti (“to tender”)
  • *něgovati (“to caress”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: нѣга (něga)
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: нѣга (něga)
    • Bulgarian: нѐга (nèga) (poetic); Нѣга (Něga), Ня́га (Njága) (personal name)
    • Macedonian: нега (nega)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: њега, нега
      Latin script: njega, nega
    • Slovene: néga
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: něhа (dated)
    • Old Polish: Niega (personal name)
    • Slovak: neha

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*něga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 97

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нега”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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