dȗxъ

dȗxъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `breath, spirit'

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Old Church Slavic:

duxъ `breath, spirit' [m o]

Russian:

dux `spirit, breath, smell' [m o]

Czech:

duch `spirit' [m o]

Slovak:

duch `spirit' [m o]

Polish:

duch `spirit, breath' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

dȗh `spirit, breath, smell' [m o], dȗha [Gens];

dȕh (Vuk) `spirit, breath, smell' [m o], dùha [Gens];

Čak. dȗh (Vrgada) `spirit' [m o], dȗha [Gens];

Čak. dȗh (Novi) `spirit' [m o];

Čak. dȗh (Orbanići) `ghost' [m o]

Slovene:

dȗh `spirit, breath, smell' [m o]

Bulgarian:

dux `spirit' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: douṣos

Lithuanian:

daũsos `air, breath' [Nompf ā]

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Comments: The root shape *dʰous- is peculiar to Balto-Slavic. Elsewhere in and Indo-European - and in Balto-Slavic as well - we find full grades of the type *dʰue/ous- (cf. -> *dvoxati ).

Other cognates:

Go. dius `wild animal' [n]