Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diža

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

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Cognate with Lithuanian dỹgė (“gooseberry”), dygùs (“prickly”), di̇́egti, Latvian diêgt (“to prick, prickle”),

Noun

*diža f

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Inflection

Declension of *diža (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*diža	*diži	*dižę̇
genitive	*dižę̇	*dižu	*dižь
dative	*diži	*dižama	*dižamъ
accusative	*dižǫ	*diži	*dižę̇
instrumental	dižejǫ, dižǫ^**	*dižama	*dižami
locative	*diži	*dižu	dižasъ, dižaxъ^*
vocative	*diže	*diži	*dižę̇

^* -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).

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Slovene: díža (“acanthus (Acanthus mollis)”)
West Slavic:
- Polish: dziża, dziżka, dziśka, dyżka, diga

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*diža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 37
Pokorny 1959:383