Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čęšča

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

Etymology

By surface analysis, *čęstъ (“frequent, dense”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

čęšča f

1. thicket

Declension

Declension of *čęšča (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čęšča	*čęšči	*čęščę̇
genitive	*čęščę̇	*čęšču	*čęščь
dative	*čęšči	*čęščama	*čęščamъ
accusative	*čęščǫ	*čęšči	*čęščę̇
instrumental	*čęščejǫ, *čęščǫ**	*čęščama	*čęščami
locative	*čęšči	*čęšču	*čęščasъ, *čęščaxъ*
vocative	*čęšče	*čęšči	*čęščę̇

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чаща (čašča), чѧща (čęšča)
    • Russian: ча́ща (čášča)
    • Ukrainian: чаща (čašča) (dialectal)