Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/metъliga

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

Etymology

From *metъla +‎ *-iga, from *mesti (“to throw, sweep”) + [Term?], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *met-.

Suffix *-iga is often found in plant names. Correlative with *metъlikъ / *metъlika.

Noun

*metъliga f

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Declension

Declension of *metъliga (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*metъliga	*metъlidzě	*metъligy
Accusative	*metъligǫ	*metъlidzě	*metъligy
Genitive	*metъligy	*metъligu	*metъligъ
Locative	*metъlidzě	*metъligu	metъligasъ, metъligaxъ^*
Dative	*metъlidzě	*metъligama	*metъligamъ
Instrumental	metъligojǫ, metъligǫ^**	*metъligama	*metъligami
Vocative	*metъligo	*metъlidzě	*metъligy

^* -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

East Slavic:
- Russian: dial. метли́га (metlíga)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: метли́га (metlíga)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*metъliga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 129

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