Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gryža
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Nomen acti of *gryzti (“to gnaw”) + *-ja.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *grỳža | *grỳži | *grỳžę̇ |
| genitive | *grỳžę̇ | *grỳžu | *grỳžь |
| dative | *grỳžī | *grỳžama | *grỳžāmъ |
| accusative | *grỳžǫ | *grỳži | *grỳžę̇ |
| instrumental | *grỳžējǫ, *grỳžǭ* | *grỳžama | *grỳžāmī |
| locative | *grỳžī | *grỳžu | *grỳžāsъ |
| vocative | *grỳže | *grỳži | *grỳžę̇ |
* 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).
Related terms
- *gruzъ (“crushed stone”)
- *gryza (“bite”)
- *gryzota (“worry”)
- *gryzačь (“rodent”)
Derived terms
- *gryžiti (“to worry, to care”)
- *gryževьnъ (“caring, concerned”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гры́жа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gryža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 161
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “грижа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 281
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “gryža”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “grȋža”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*gry̋z'a”