Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nosačь

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 *nosъ (“nose”) +‎ *-ačь

Noun

*nosačь m

big-nosed man/animal
Synonyms: *nosakъ, *nosanъ, *nosaljь, *nosarjь, *nosulja

Inflection

Declension of *nosačь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*nosačь	*nosača	*nosači
Accusative	*nosačь	*nosača	*nosačę̇
Genitive	*nosača	*nosaču	*nosačь
Locative	*nosači	*nosaču	*nosačixъ
Dative	*nosaču	*nosačema	*nosačemъ
Instrumental	nosačьmь, nosačemь^*	*nosačema	*nosači
Vocative	*nosaču	*nosača	*nosači

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*nosatъ (“nosed, big-nosed, long-nosed”)
*nosatъka
*nosišče (“big nose”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: наса́ч (nasáč)
- Russian: носа́ч (nosáč), Носачъ (Nosač)
- Ukrainian: носа́ч (nosáč)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: nosáč, nosač
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: nosáč
  - Czech: nosáč
- Polish: nosacz
- Slovincian: nosač
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: nosač

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nosačь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 25, Moscow: Nauka, page 198

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