Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/eževina
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *eževъ (“hedgehog-related”) + *-ina.
Noun
edit*eževina f
Declension
editDeclension of *eževina (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *eževina | *eževině | *eževiny |
genitive | *eževiny | *eževinu | *eževinъ |
dative | *eževině | *eževinama | *eževinamъ |
accusative | *eževinǫ | *eževině | *eževiny |
instrumental | *eževinojǫ, *eževinǫ** | *eževinama | *eževinami |
locative | *eževině | *eževinu | *eževinasъ, *eževinaxъ* |
vocative | *eževino | *eževině | *eževiny |
* -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).
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: ježovina
Further reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*eževina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 35