Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bagy
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
v-stem counterpart of Proto-Slavic *bagno (“marsh, swamp; peat”).
Noun[edit]
*bagy f
- wetland
- Synonyms: *tręsovina, *moča
Declension[edit]
Declension of *bagy (v-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *bagy | *bagъvi | *bagъvi |
genitive | *bagъve | *bagъvu | *bagъvъ |
dative | *bagъvi | *bagъvьma, *bagъvama* | *bagъvьmъ, *bagъvamъ* |
accusative | *bagъvь | *bagъvi | *bagъvi |
instrumental | *bagъvьjǫ, *bagъvľǫ** | *bagъvьma, *bagъvama* | *bagъvьmi, *bagъvami* |
locative | *bagъve | *bagъvu | *bagъvьxъ, *bagъvaxъ* |
vocative | *bagy | *bagъvi | *bagъvi |
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** 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).
Derived terms[edit]
- *bagunъ (“type of wetland plant”)
- *bagъvina (“marsh algae”)
- *bagъvьnikъ (“wetland plant”)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: bagi pl (“heatlands”)
- Sorbian:
Further reading[edit]
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bagy”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 134