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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/maxъ

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

Deverbal from *maxati (“to wave”) +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*maxъ m[1]

  1. single rapid movement in the air, swing, wave, flap, stroke

Inflection
Declension of *maxъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *maxъ *maxa *maśi
genitive *maxa *maxu *maxъ
dative *maxu *maxoma *maxomъ
accusative *maxъ *maxa *maxy
instrumental *maxъmь, *maxomь* *maxoma *maxy
locative *maśě *maxu *maśěxъ
vocative *maše *maxa *maśi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: махъ (maxŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: махъ (max)
      • Russian: мах (max)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: махъ (maxŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⰰⱈⱏ (maxŭ)
    • Bulgarian: мах (mah)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ма̑х, ма̑
      Latin script: mȃh, mȃ
    • Slovene: mȃh (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maхъ/*maхa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 129
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