U radu se detaljno objašnjava razvoj naglasnih paradigama u deklinaciji ā-osnovā (tj. imenica tipa žena, žene) od praslavenskoga do suvremenih štokavskih, čakavskih i kajkavskih govora. Razvoj se objašnjava posebno za svaku naglasnu paradigmu (a, b i c), a opisu se razvoja naglasnih paradigama prilaže i popis osnovnih naslijeđenih riječi s pripadajućim naglasnim paradigmama i naznakom posvjedočenih promjena naglasne paradigme za pojedine riječi. Na kraju se još posebno razmatra problem naglaska starih y-osnova.The paper thoroughly deals with the historical development of the accentual paradigms of the ā-stems (i.e. declension type žena, žene) in Croatian starting with Proto-Slavic and ending with modern Štokavian, Čakavian and Kajkavian dialects. The development is explained for each accentual paradigm (a, b and c) respectively. Apart from the description of the development of the accentual paradigms, a list of the basic inherited words with their individual accentual paradigms is provided. Additionally, the accentuation of the old y-stems is discussed
