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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/družьja
Proto-Slavic
    
    
Declension
    
According to the Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type B and to the accent curve variant Bc.
Declension of *družьja (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *družьja | *družьji | *družьję̇ | 
| genitive | *družьję̇ | *družьju | *družьjь | 
| dative | *družьji | *družьjama | *družьjamъ | 
| accusative | *družьjǫ | *družьji | *družьję̇ | 
| instrumental | *družьjejǫ, *družьjǫ** | *družьjama | *družьjami | 
| locative | *družьji | *družьju | *družьjasъ, *družьjaxъ* | 
| vocative | *družьje | *družьji | *družьję̇ | 
* -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).
Descendants
    
- East Slavic:
- Russian: друзья́ (druzʹjá), дружья́ (družʹjá) (dialectal)
 
- South Slavic:
- Old Croatian: Дрꙋзја̀
 
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