Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫšča

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

Deadjectival form of *gǫstъ (“dense”) +‎ *-ja or a nomen acti of *gǫstiti (“to condense”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*gǫ̃šča f^[1]

sediment, compression

Inflection

Declension of *gǫ̃šča (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gǫ̃šča	*gǫ̃šči	*gǫ̃ščę̇
genitive	*gǫ̃ščę̇	*gǫ̃šču	*gǫ̃ščь
dative	*gǫ̃šči	*gǫ̃ščama	*gǫ̃ščamъ
accusative	*gǫ̃ščǫ	*gǫ̃šči	*gǫ̃ščę̇
instrumental	gǫ̃ščejǫ, gǫ̃ščǫ^**	*gǫ̃ščama	*gǫ̃ščamī
locative	*gǫ̃šči	*gǫ̃šču	gǫ̃ščasъ, gǫ̃ščaxъ^*
vocative	*gǫšče	*gǫ̃šči	*gǫ̃ščę̇

^* -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).

Alternative forms

*gǫščь

Related terms

*gǫstota (“density”)
*gǫstyni (“dense forrest”)
*gostostь (“denseness”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: гушча (hušča)
- Russian: гу́ща (gúšča)
- Ukrainian: гу́ща (húšča)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: гу̏шта
  
  Latin script: gȕšta
- Slovene: gọ́šča (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: houšť
- Slovak: húšť

References

^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gǫšča”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a:b (PR 132)”

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001) “gǫšča”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a:b (PR 132)”

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