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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/staja

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

Object noun of *stati (“to stand”) +‎ *-ja. Related to Lithuanian stójus (rare), stotìs (“station”) and further akin to Proto-Germanic *stiją (“sty, shelter”).

A homomorphous resultant noun is attested in Polish staja f, staje n (“span, unit of measure”), Ukrainian ста́я (stája, “id.”).

Noun

*stàja f[1][2]

  1. stall, station → compartment
    Synonyms: *stojidlo, *stajadlo
  2. (by extension) sty, barn, stable (stall for livestock)
    → herd, flock (East Slavic)
    Synonyms: *stado, *čьrda

Declension
Declension of *staja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *staja *stàji *stàję̇
genitive *stàję̇ *stàju *stàjь
dative *stàjī *stàjama *stàjāmъ
accusative *stàjǫ *stàji *stàję̇
instrumental *stàjējǫ, *stàjǭ* *stàjama *stàjāmī
locative *stàjī *stàju *stàjāsъ
vocative *stàje *stàji *stàję̇
* 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
  • *stajica, *stajьka (diminutive)
  • *stajьnъ
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *steh₂-‎ (0 c, 12 e)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: стаꙗ (staja)
  • South Slavic
    • Old Church Slavonic: стаꙗ (staja)
    • Bulgarian: ста́я (stája, “room”)
    • Macedonian: стаја (staja) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ста̏ја
      Latin script: stȁja
    • Slovene: stája (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: stájě
      • Czech: stáj m or f (standard), stáje f (alternative)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стая”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стая”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 439

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “staja”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 109)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “staja”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *sta̋ja”
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