Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prǫga
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *prǫgati + *-a.
Noun
*prǫga f
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *prǫga | *prǫdzě | *prǫgy |
| genitive | *prǫgy | *prǫgu | *prǫgъ |
| dative | *prǫdzě | *prǫgama | *prǫgamъ |
| accusative | *prǫgǫ | *prǫdzě | *prǫgy |
| instrumental | *prǫgojǫ, *prǫgǫ** | *prǫgama | *prǫgami |
| locative | *prǫdzě | *prǫgu | *prǫgasъ, *prǫgaxъ* |
| vocative | *prǫgo | *prǫdzě | *prǫgy |
* -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).
Related terms
adjective
- *prǫgavъ
streaky, streaked, stripy, striped
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: пру́га (prúga)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пру́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress