Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/galъka
Proto-SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related or derived from *galъ (“dark, murky”) + *-ъka, possible of onomatopoeic nature.
NounEdit
*galъka f
- bird from the daw family
Alternative formsEdit
InflectionEdit
Declension of *galъka (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *galъka | *galъcě | *galъky |
Accusative | *galъkǫ | *galъcě | *galъky |
Genitive | *galъky | *galъku | *galъkъ |
Locative | *galъcě | *galъku | *galъkasъ, *galъkaxъ* |
Dative | *galъcě | *galъkama | *galъkamъ |
Instrumental | *galъkojǫ, *galъkǫ** | *galъkama | *galъkami |
Vocative | *galъko | *galъcě | *galъky |
* -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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further readingEdit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “галка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*galъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 97
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*galica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 92
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “гал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 225