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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/groza

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *groź-. Compare English grue (“to shudder”).

Noun

*grozà f [1][2]

  1. horror

Inflection
Declension of *grozà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *grozà *grȍzě *grȍzy
Accusative *grȍzǫ *grȍzě *grȍzy
Genitive *grozý *grozù *gròzъ
Locative *grȍzě *grozù *grozàsъ, *grozàxъ*
Dative *grozě̀ *grozàma *grozàmъ
Instrumental *grozojǫ́ *grozàma *grozàmi
Vocative *grozo *grȍzě *grȍzy
* -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.

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grozà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 191: “f. ā (c) ‘horror’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “groza grozy”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c frygt, uvejr, trussel (PR 138)”
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