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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sluzь

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

Alternative forms
  • *sľuzь

Etymology 1

Continues forms of the root Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“to sludge, to wash”). Akin to English slush.

Noun

*sluzь f

  1. slime, mucus (usually in static state)
    Synonyms: *liga, *slizь (in mobile state)
Declension
Declension of *sluzь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *sluzь *sluzi *sluzi
genitive *sluzi *sluzьju, *služu* *sluzьjь, *sluzi*
dative *sluzi *sluzьma *sluzьmъ
accusative *sluzь *sluzi *sluzi
instrumental *sluzьjǫ, *služǫ* *sluzьma *sluzьmi
locative *sluzi *sluzьju, *služu* *sluzьxъ
vocative *sluzi *sluzi *sluzi
* 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).
  • *luga (“mud”)
Derived terms
  • *sluzеstъ (“slimy”)
  • *sluzьnъ (“slick, lubricous”)
  • *ľuzgati (“to splash, to spay”) (possibly)
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: слуз (sluz), слюз (sljuz)
    • Macedonian: слуз (sluz)
    • Serbo-Croatian: slȗz
    • Slovene: slȗz

References
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “слуз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 124

Etymology 2

From an earlier sluzъ, of the same origin as the i-stem. In Polish, this form has merged with the i-stem.

Noun

*sluzь m

  1. chunk of slippery material
Declension
Declension of *sluzь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *sluzь *sluza *sluzi
genitive *sluza *sluzu *sluzь
dative *sluzu *sluzema *sluzemъ
accusative *sluzь *sluza *sluzę̇
instrumental *sluzьmь, *sluzemь* *sluzema *sluzi
locative *sluzi *sluzu *sluzixъ
vocative *sluzu *sluza *sluzi
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
  • *sluzovъ (“slippery, slimy”)
    • *sluzovostь (“slipperiness”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: слоузъ (sluzŭ)
  • West Slavic:
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