Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želdica
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
*želdica m[1]
Declension edit
Declension of *želdica (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *želdica | *želdici | *želdicę̇ |
| genitive | *želdicę̇ | *želdicu | *želdicь |
| dative | *želdici | *želdicama | *želdicamъ |
| accusative | *želdicǫ | *želdici | *želdicę̇ |
| instrumental | *želdicejǫ, *želdicǫ** | *želdicama | *želdicami |
| locative | *želdici | *želdicu | *želdicasъ, *želdicaxъ* |
| vocative | *želdice | *želdici | *želdicę̇ |
* -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).
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Russian: ожеле́дица (oželédica)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: ожеле́диця (oželédycja)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: жлѣдица (žlědica)
- Slovene: žlẹdíca (tonal orthography)
- ⇒ Slovene: požlẹdíca
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ожеле́дица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*želdъ, *želdica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 555: “m. o; f. jā ‘glazed frost, sleet’”