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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/duxъ
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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *dausas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-, variant of *dʰwes-. Cognate with Lithuanian daũsos f pl (“air”), Proto-Germanic *deuzą (“animal”).
Declension
Declension of *dȗxъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dȗxъ | *dȗxa | *dȗśi |
| Accusative | *dȗxъ | *dȗxa | *dȗxy |
| Genitive | *dȗxa | *duxù | *dũxъ |
| Locative | *dȗśě | *duxù | *duśě̃xъ |
| Dative | *dȗxu | *duxomà | *duxòmъ |
| Instrumental | *dȗxъmь, *dȗxomь* | *duxomà | *duxý |
| Vocative | *duše | *dȗxa | *dȗśi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
Related terms
Derived terms
- *duxota (“immateriality, transcendence”)
- *zaduxъ (“asthma, shortness of air”)
- *vъzduxъ (“air”)
- *dušiti (“to sniff, to scent”)
- *duša (“soul”)
- *bezdušьnъ (“heartless, soulless”)
- *duxovъ (“aerial, spiritual”)
- *duxovьnostь (“spirituality”)
- *duxovьnikъ (“cleric”)
- *duxovitъ (“with high spirit”)
- *oduxotvoriti (“to enchant”) < *duxъ + *tvoriti (“to create”)
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dȗxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124: “m. o (c) ‘breath, spirit’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “duxъ duxa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c breathing; odor (NA 97; SA 94, 156; PR 137; RPT 97, 102)”
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