Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nasoka

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

Instead of regular **nasoča, back-formed from *nasočiti (“to slander, accuse; to incite, instigate”), from *na- +‎ *sočiti + *-a.

Noun

*nasoka f

slander
Synonyms: *navětъ, *narokъ, *navada
direction, guideline (South Slavic)

Inflection

Declension of *nasoka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nasoka	*nasocě	*nasoky
genitive	*nasoky	*nasoku	*nasokъ
dative	*nasocě	*nasokama	*nasokamъ
accusative	*nasokǫ	*nasocě	*nasoky
instrumental	nasokojǫ, nasokǫ^**	*nasokama	*nasokami
locative	*nasocě	*nasoku	nasokasъ, nasokaxъ^*
vocative	*nasoko	*nasocě	*nasoky

^* -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).

Related terms

*posoka (“direction”)
*o(b)soka (“round-up, charge”)

Descendants

East Slavic: —
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: насо́ка (nasóka, “direction”)
- Macedonian: на́сока (násoka, “direction”)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: násoka (“calumniation, slander”)
  - Czech: násoka městská (“delatura”)