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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grěza
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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
Not entirely clear. Possibly related to Lithuanian graižùs (“deformed, awry”), grai̇̃žas (“rim”), Latvian greizs (“slant, crooked”).
Some dialectal forms seem to have merged with the descendants of Proto-Slavic *gręzь, *gręza (“sludge, grime, mess”).
Alternative forms
- *grězъ m
Declension
Declension of *grěza (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *grěza | *grězě | *grězy |
| Accusative | *grězǫ | *grězě | *grězy |
| Genitive | *grězy | *grězu | *grězъ |
| Locative | *grězě | *grězu | *grězasъ, *grězaxъ* |
| Dative | *grězě | *grězama | *grězamъ |
| Instrumental | *grězojǫ, *grězǫ** | *grězama | *grězami |
| Vocative | *grězo | *grězě | *grězy |
* -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).
Derived terms
- *grěziti (“to daydream, to confuse”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Anikin, A. E. (2018), “грёза”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 12 (грак – дбать), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 70
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “грёза”, 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), “*grěza”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 119
- “graižus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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