Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orǫga

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

  • *orǫžь

Etymology

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Cognate with Lithuanian aprangà (outfit, clothes, clothing), apreñgti, reñgti, išreñgti

Noun

*orǫga f

  1. clothes, clothing
  2. weapon

Inflection

Declension of *orǫga (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *orǫga *orǫdzě *orǫgy
genitive *orǫgy *orǫgu *orǫgъ
dative *orǫdzě *orǫgama *orǫgamъ
accusative *orǫgǫ *orǫdzě *orǫgy
instrumental *orǫgojǫ, *orǫgǫ** *orǫgama *orǫgami
locative *orǫdzě *orǫgu *orǫgasъ, *orǫgaxъ*
vocative *orǫgo *orǫdzě *orǫgy

* -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).

See also

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: оружь (oružĭ) (?)
      • Russian: обру́га (obrúga), обру́жа (obrúža) (?)
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrǫga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 121
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrǫžь/*obrǫža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 121
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “оружие”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “оружие”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 606
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “оружие”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “оружь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 710