Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/snaga

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

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Noun

*snaga f

  1. success?, progress?, striving?
  2. power, strength

Declension

Declension of *snaga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *snaga *snadzě *snagy
genitive *snagy *snagu *snagъ
dative *snadzě *snagama *snagamъ
accusative *snagǫ *snadzě *snagy
instrumental *snagojǫ, *snagǫ** *snagama *snagami
locative *snadzě *snagu *snagasъ, *snagaxъ*
vocative *snago *snadzě *snagy

* -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: снага (snaga)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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