Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьca
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Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From earlier *-ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ikāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *-i-keh₂.
Suffix edit
*-ьca ?
- Denominal, forms diminutives.
- Deverbal (from the stem), forms agent nouns.
- Structural formant, without a base noun to synchronically derive from.
- *ovьca (“sheep”)
Declension edit
Declension of *-ьca (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *-ьca | *-ьci | *-ьcę̇ |
genitive | *-ьcę̇ | *-ьcu | *-ьcь |
dative | *-ьci | *-ьcama | *-ьcamъ |
accusative | *-ьcǫ | *-ьci | *-ьcę̇ |
instrumental | *-ьcejǫ, *-ьcǫ** | *-ьcama | *-ьcami |
locative | *-ьci | *-ьcu | *-ьcasъ, *-ьcaxъ* |
vocative | *-ьce | *-ьci | *-ьcę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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 edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Šekli, Matej (2012) “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies[1] (in Slovene), volume 10, number 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32