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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/duša

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

Perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dáuṣjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowsyeh₂, from *dʰews- +‎ *-yeh₂. Equivalent to *duxъ (“spirit”) +‎ *-ja.

Compare Lithuanian daũsios f pl (“air; empyrean, paradise”), Gaulish dusios (“phantasm”).

Noun

*dušà f[1][2]

  1. soul
  2. spirit

Declension
Declension of *dušà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dušà *dȗši *dȗšę̇
Accusative *dȗšǫ *dȗši *dȗšę̇
Genitive *dušę̇́ *dušù *dũšь
Locative *dȗšī *dušù *dušàsъ, *dušàxъ*
Dative *dušì *dušàma *dušàmъ
Instrumental *dušejǫ́ *dušàma *dušàmi
Vocative *duše *dȗši *dȗšę̇
* -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.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: доуша (duša)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dušà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127: “f. jā (c) ‘soul’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “duša dušě”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c sjæl (PR 138)”
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