Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korľica

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

From *korľь +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*korľica f

Inflection

Declension of *korľica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*korľica	*korľici	*korľicę̇
genitive	*korľicę̇	*korľicu	*korľicь
dative	*korľici	*korľicama	*korľicamъ
accusative	*korľicǫ	*korľici	*korľicę̇
instrumental	korľicejǫ, korľicǫ^**	*korľicama	*korľicami
locative	*korľici	*korľicu	korľicasъ, korľicaxъ^*
vocative	*korľice	*korľici	*korľicę̇

^* -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

Church Slavonic: кралица (kralica)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: королица (korolica)
  - Russian: короли́ца (korolíca)
  - Old Ukrainian: королиця (korolicja)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: крали́ца (kralíca)
- Macedonian: кралица (kralica)
- Serbo-Croatian: kraljica, krajica
- Slovene: kraljíca
- → Ottoman Turkish: قرالیچه (kraliçe)
  - Ladino: kralicha
  - Turkish: kraliçe
West Slavic:
- Czech: Kralice
- Slovak: králica (archaic, poetic)