Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьžica

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From [Term?] +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*dьžica f

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Inflection

Declension of *dьžica (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dьžica	*dьžici	*dьžicę̇
genitive	*dьžicę̇	*dьžicu	*dьžicь
dative	*dьžici	*dьžicama	*dьžicamъ
accusative	*dьžicǫ	*dьžici	*dьžicę̇
instrumental	dьžicejǫ, dьžicǫ^**	*dьžicama	*dьžicami
locative	*dьžici	*dьžicu	dьžicasъ, dьžicaxъ^*
vocative	*dьžice	*dьžici	*dьžicę̇

^* -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

South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: [Term?]
  
  Latin script: žica (“acanthus spinosissimus”)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*diža”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 37