Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pušča

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

By surface analysis, *pȗstъ (“desolate”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*pušča f

  1. desolate place

Declension

Declension of *pušča (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pušča *pušči *puščę̇
genitive *puščę̇ *pušču *puščь
dative *pušči *puščama *puščamъ
accusative *puščǫ *pušči *puščę̇
instrumental *puščejǫ, *puščǫ** *puščama *puščami
locative *pušči *pušču *puščasъ, *puščaxъ*
vocative *pušče *pušči *puščę̇

* -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

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пуща (pušča)
      • Old Ruthenian: пу́ща (púšča), пу́сча (púsča)
        • Belarusian: пу́шча (púšča)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: пу́ща (púšča)
        • Ukrainian: пу́ща (púšča)
      • Russian: пу́ща (púšča)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пу́ща (púšta) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: púšča (tonal orthography)
      • ⇒ Slovene: puščȃva (tonal orthography) (+ suffix *-ava)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пу́ща”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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