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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/podušьka
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
According to one theory, ultimately derivable from Proto-Slavic *duxъ (“breath, spirit”), through the sense development "breath" → "inflated" → "pillow".
Also compare Proto-Slavic *duxъna (“feather-bedspread”).
Inflection
    
Declension of *podušьka (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *podušьka | *podušьcě | *podušьky | 
| genitive | *podušьky | *podušьku | *podušьkъ | 
| dative | *podušьcě | *podušьkama | *podušьkamъ | 
| accusative | *podušьkǫ | *podušьcě | *podušьky | 
| instrumental | *podušьkojǫ, *podušьkǫ** | *podušьkama | *podušьkami | 
| locative | *podušьcě | *podušьku | *podušьkasъ, *podušьkaxъ* | 
| vocative | *podušьko | *podušьcě | *podušьky | 
* -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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
    
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поду́шка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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