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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koža

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 *koza (“goat”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*kòža f [1][2]

  1. skin
  2. leather

Declension
Declension of *kòža (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kòža *kòži *kòžę̇
Accusative *kòžǫ *kòži *kòžę̇
Genitive *kòžę̇ *kòžu *kòžь
Locative *kòži *kòžu *kòžasъ, *kòžaxъ*
Dative *kòži *kòžama *kòžamъ
Instrumental *kòžejǫ, *kòžǫ** *kòžama *kòžamī
Vocative *kože *kòži *kòžę̇
* -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).

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kòža”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 242: “f. jā (b) ‘skin, leather’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kozja kozjě”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b* (SA 138; PR 135; MP 19)”
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