Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bajьka

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *bajati +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*bajьka f

fable

Inflection

Declension of *bajьka (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bajьka	*bajьcě	*bajьky
genitive	*bajьky	*bajьku	*bajьkъ
dative	*bajьcě	*bajьkama	*bajьkamъ
accusative	*bajьkǫ	*bajьcě	*bajьky
instrumental	bajьkojǫ, bajьkǫ^**	*bajьkama	*bajьkami
locative	*bajьcě	*bajьku	bajьkasъ, bajьkaxъ^*
vocative	*bajьko	*bajьcě	*bajьky

^* -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).

Related terms

*bajati (“tell tales”)
*basnь (“fable”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Belarusian: байка (bajka)
  - Russian: ба́йка (bájka)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: байка (bajka)
  - Ukrainian: ба́йка (bájka)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: байка (bajka)
- Macedonian: бајка (bajka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ба̑јка
  
  Latin script: bȃjka
- Slovene: bájka
West Slavic:
- Czech: bajka
- Kashubian: bôjka
- Polish: bajka
- Slovak: bájka
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: bajka
  - Lower Sorbian: bajka