Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sluga

Etymology
Disputed:
 * Zubatý, Brückner: Cognate with 🇨🇬 and probably 🇨🇬; per Matasović, a collective deadjectival from an earlier  +  < perhaps . Favoured by Vasmer, Machek, Snoj. Some scholars (Mikkola, Šakhmatov) even consider an early borrowing from Celtic.
 * Mladenov, Ondruš: Native formation from, ultimately from . Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) servant, attendant

Usage notes
The word usually refers to a male servant, even though it is an ā-stem. The female equivalent is <.

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