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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/muxa
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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *maušāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *mows-eh₂, from *mows-, *mus-, *mew-, whence also Latvian muša, Latin musca, Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa), German Mücke, English midge.
Declension
Declension of *mùxa (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mùxa | *mùśě | *mùxy |
| Accusative | *mùxǫ | *mùśě | *mùxy |
| Genitive | *mùxy | *mùxu | *mùxъ |
| Locative | *mùśě | *mùxu | *mùxasъ, *mùxaxъ* |
| Dative | *mùśě | *mùxama | *mùxamъ |
| Instrumental | *mùxojǫ, *mùxǭ** | *mùxama | *mùxamī |
| Vocative | *mùxo | *mùśě | *mùxy |
* -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).
See also
Derived terms
- *mušica, *mъšica
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mùxa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330: “f. ā (a) ‘fly’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “muxa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 107, 110)”
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