Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zapadъ

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

Deverbal from *zapadati (“to decline”), ultimately from *pasti (“to fall”). Compare Latin occidens.

Noun

*zapadъ m

  1. (originally) sunset
    Synonym: *zaxodъ
  2. (by extension) west

Inflection

Declension of *zapadъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *zapadъ *zapada *zapadi
genitive *zapada *zapadu *zapadъ
dative *zapadu *zapadoma *zapadomъ
accusative *zapadъ *zapada *zapady
instrumental *zapadъmь, *zapadomь* *zapadoma *zapady
locative *zapadě *zapadu *zapaděxъ
vocative *zapade *zapada *zapadi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: за́пад (západ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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