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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dyxъ

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

Deverbal of *dyxati (“to breathe”).

Noun

*dyxъ m[1]

  1. breath, whiff

Declension
Declension of *dyxъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dyxъ *dyxa *dyśi
genitive *dyxa *dyxu *dyxъ
dative *dyxu *dyxoma *dyxomъ
accusative *dyxъ *dyxa *dyxy
instrumental *dyxъmь, *dyxomь* *dyxoma *dyxy
locative *dyśě *dyxu *dyśěxъ
vocative *dyše *dyxa *dyśi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дых (dyx)
    • Ukrainian: дих (dyx)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дих (dih) (literary)
    • Macedonian: дих (dih) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: dȋh
    • Slovene: díh (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Slovak: dych (obsolete)
    • Sorbian

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dyxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 200
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