Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(s)mъlžь

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

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Noun

*(s)mъlžь m

  1. slug, snail
    Synonym: *slimakъ
  2. bivalve

Inflection

Declension of *(s)mъlžь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *(s)mъlžь *(s)mъlži *(s)mъlžьje, *(s)mъlže*
genitive *(s)mъlži *(s)mъlžьju, *(s)mъlžu* *(s)mъlžьjь, *(s)mъlži*
dative *(s)mъlži *(s)mъlžьma *(s)mъlžьmъ
accusative *(s)mъlžь *(s)mъlži *(s)mъlži
instrumental *(s)mъlžьmь *(s)mъlžьma *(s)mъlžьmi
locative *(s)mъlži *(s)mъlžьju, *(s)mъlžu* *(s)mъlžьxъ
vocative *(s)mъlži *(s)mъlži *(s)mъlžьje, *(s)mъlže*

* 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: смължь (smŭlžĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *смовжъ (*smovž)
        • Belarusian: смоўж (smoŭž); смуж (smuž), смуг (smuh) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: смовж (smovž), смовз (smovz), сноз (snoz) (dialectal)
          • ⇒ Ukrainian: смо́вик (smóvyk), смо́вжик (smóvžyk), смо́взик (smóvzyk) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: smólsz
    • Polabian: måuz
    • Old Polish: *smołż
      • ⇒ Old Polish: smołżowe
      • Polish: małż

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смолж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “смовж”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “смоўж”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
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