Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovьsiga

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

From *ovьsъ (“oats”) +‎ *-iga.

Noun

*ovьsiga f

  1. a type of oat; Avena fatua

Inflection

Declension of *ovьsiga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ovьsiga *ovьsidzě *ovьsigy
genitive *ovьsigy *ovьsigu *ovьsigъ
dative *ovьsidzě *ovьsigama *ovьsigamъ
accusative *ovьsigǫ *ovьsidzě *ovьsigy
instrumental *ovьsigojǫ, *ovьsigǫ** *ovьsigama *ovьsigami
locative *ovьsidzě *ovьsigu *ovьsigasъ, *ovьsigaxъ*
vocative *ovьsigo *ovьsidzě *ovьsigy

* -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).

See also

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: овсига (ovsiga)

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lipiga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 122
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