Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/strěxa

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

Compare Lithuanian stríegti (“to roof”)

Noun

*strěxa f

Inflection

Declension of *strěxa (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*strěxa	*strěśě	*strěxy
Accusative	*strěxǫ	*strěśě	*strěxy
Genitive	*strěxy	*strěxu	*strěxъ
Locative	*strěśě	*strěxu	strěxasъ, strěxaxъ^*
Dative	*strěśě	*strěxama	*strěxamъ
Instrumental	strěxojǫ, strěxǫ^**	*strěxama	*strěxami
Vocative	*strěxo	*strěśě	*strěxy

^* -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).

Related terms

*strojь

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стрѣха (strěxa)
  - Belarusian: страха́ (straxá)
  - Russian: стреха́ (strexá)
  - Ukrainian: стрі́ха (stríxa)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: стрѣха (strěxa)
- Bulgarian: стря̀ха (strjàha), стреха̀ (strehà)
- Macedonian: стреа (strea)
- Serbo-Croatian: стрѐха
- Slovene: streha

West Slavic:
- Czech: střecha
- Polish: strzecha
- Slovak: strecha
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: třěcha
  - Lower Sorbian: tśěcha, stśěcha

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “стреха”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “стреха”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
Sreznevskij, I. I. (1912), “стрѣха”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 571

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