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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gospoda
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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 *gospodь (“lord”) + *-a (“collective suffix”), akin to Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”).
Noun
*gospodà f[1]
Inflection
Declension of *gospodà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *gospodà | *gospòdě | *gospodỳ |
| Accusative | *gospodǫ̀ | *gospòdě | *gospodỳ |
| Genitive | *gospodỳ | *gospodù | *gospòdъ |
| Locative | *gospodě̀ | *gospodù | *gospodàsъ, *gospodàxъ* |
| Dative | *gospodě̀ | *gospodàma | *gospodàmъ |
| Instrumental | *gospodòjǫ, *gospòdǫ** | *gospodàma | *gospodàmī |
| Vocative | *gospodo | *gospòdě | *gospodỳ |
* -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).
** 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: господа (gospoda, “dominion”)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “господа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gospoda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 58
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “gospoda gospody”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b herskab (PR 135)”
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