Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bagy

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

v-stem counterpart of Proto-Slavic *bagno (“marsh, swamp; peat”).

Noun

*bagy f

1. wetland

   Synonyms: *tręsovina, *moča

Declension

Declension of *bagy (v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bagy	*bagъvi	*bagъvi
genitive	*bagъve	*bagъvu	*bagъvъ
dative	*bagъvi	*bagъvьma, *bagъvama*	*bagъvьmъ, *bagъvamъ*
accusative	*bagъvь	*bagъvi	*bagъvi
instrumental	*bagъvьjǫ, *bagъvľǫ**	*bagъvьma, *bagъvama*	*bagъvьmi, *bagъvami*
locative	*bagъve	*bagъvu	*bagъvьxъ, *bagъvaxъ*
vocative	*bagy	*bagъvi	*bagъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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).

Derived terms

• *bagunъ (“type of wetland plant”)
• *bagъvina (“marsh algae”)
  • *bagъvьnikъ (“wetland plant”)

Related terms

• *bagnъ (“type of aquatic vegetation”)
  • *bagnъka, *bagnьcь (variants)
• *bagno (“marsh”)
• *bagrъ (“hue”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: багва́ (bahvá)
    • → Russian: Багва́ (Bagvá) (toponym)
• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: bagi pl (“heatlands”)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bagy”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 134