Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polьdza

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 *po- +‎ *lьga.

Noun

*polьdza f[1]

relief
use, benefit

Declension

Declension of *polьdza (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*polьdza	*polьdzi	*polьdzę̇
Accusative	*polьdzǫ	*polьdzi	*polьdzę̇
Genitive	*polьdzę̇	*polьdzu	*polьdzь
Locative	*polьdzi	*polьdzu	polьdzasъ, polьdzaxъ^*
Dative	*polьdzi	*polьdzama	*polьdzamъ
Instrumental	polьdzejǫ, polьdzǫ^**	*polьdzama	*polьdzami
Vocative	*polьdze	*polьdzi	*polьdzę̇

^* -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).

Alternative forms

*polьga

Descendants

East Slavic: польга (polĭga)
- Russian: dial. по́льга (pólʹga)
- Ukrainian: пільга (pilʹha)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: польѕа (polĭdza), польза (polĭza)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
  - → Old East Slavic: польза (polĭza)
    - Russian: по́льза (pólʹza)
- Bulgarian: по́лза (pólza)
- Macedonian: полза (polza)
West Slavic:
- Polabian: pü᾽ölga

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*polьdza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412: “f. jā ‘use, benefit’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*polьdza”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412: “f. jā ‘use, benefit’”