Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/staja

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

Object noun of *stati (“to stand”) +‎ *-ja. Related to Lithuanian stójus (rare), stoti̇̀s (“station”) and further akin to Proto-Germanic *stiją (“sty, shelter”).

A homomorphous resultant noun is attested in Polish staja f, staje n (“span, unit of measure”), Ukrainian ста́я (stája, “id.”).

Noun

*stàja f^[1]^[2]

stall, station → compartment
Synonyms: *stojidlo, *stajadlo
(by extension) sty, barn, stable (stall for livestock)
→ herd, flock (East Slavic)
Synonyms: *stado, *čьrda

Declension

Declension of *staja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*staja	*stàji	*stàję̇
genitive	*stàję̇	*stàju	*stàjь
dative	*stàjī	*stàjama	*stàjāmъ
accusative	*stàjǫ	*stàji	*stàję̇
instrumental	stàjējǫ, stàjǭ^*	*stàjama	*stàjāmī
locative	*stàjī	*stàju	*stàjāsъ
vocative	*stàje	*stàji	*stàję̇

^* 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

*stajica, *stajьka (diminutive)
*stajьnъ

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂- (0 c, 12 e)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стаꙗ (staja)
  - Belarusian: ста́я (stája, “herd”), ста́йня (stájnja, “stable”)
    - → Lithuanian: stai̇̃nė (“stable”)
  - Russian: ста́я (stája, “herd, flock”)
  - Ukrainian: ста́я (stája, “shepherd's hut”), ста́йня (stájnja, “stable”)
South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic: стаꙗ (staja)
- Bulgarian: ста́я (stája, “room”)
- Macedonian: стаја (staja) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ста̏ја
  
  Latin script: stȁja
- Slovene: stája (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: stájě
  - Czech: stáj m or f (standard), stáje f (alternative)
- Old Slovak: staja, stajňa
  - Slovak: stajňa

References

^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “staja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 109)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “staja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sta̋ja”

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001) “staja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 109)”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “staja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sta̋ja”

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