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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zaduxъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *za- (“for”) +‎ *duxъ (“gasp”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews-, an s-extension of *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”).

Noun

*zaduxъ m

  1. respiratory spasm, shortness of breath
  2. stench, frowst, haze

Alternative forms
  • *zaduxa f

Declension
Declension of *zaduxъ (hard o-stem, uncountable)
Singular
Nominative *zaduxъ
Accusative *zaduxъ
Genitive *zaduxa
Locative *zaduśě
Dative *zaduxu
Instrumental *zaduxъmь, *zaduxomь*
Vocative *zaduše
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *zadušiti (“to suffocate”)
  • *zadušьnъ, *zadušьlivъ (“muggy, suffocating”)
  • *dъxъ (“breath”)
  • *duxъ (“whiff, sprite, spirit”)
  • *dyxъ, *dyxanьje (“inhaling”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: задуха f (zaduxa)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: задоухъ (zaduxŭ)
      • → Romanian: zăduf
    • Bulgarian: задух m (zaduh, “asthma”), задуха f (zaduha)
    • Macedonian: задув (zaduv)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: за̏духа f
      Latin: zȁduha f
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “задух, задуха”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 587
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