Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kučьka

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

Possibly, of onomatopoeic provenance.

Noun

*kučьka f

1. bitch (female dog)

Declension

Declension of *kučьka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kučьka	*kučьcě	*kučьky
genitive	*kučьky	*kučьku	*kučьkъ
dative	*kučьcě	*kučьkama	*kučьkamъ
accusative	*kučьkǫ	*kučьcě	*kučьky
instrumental	*kučьkojǫ, *kučьkǫ**	*kučьkama	*kučьkami
locative	*kučьcě	*kučьku	*kučьkasъ, *kučьkaxъ*
vocative	*kučьko	*kučьcě	*kučьky

^* -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:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: коучька (kučĭka)

  • Bulgarian: ку́чка (kúčka)
  • Macedonian: кучка (kučka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ку̏чка

    Latin script: kȕčka

  • Slovene: kȗčka (tonal orthography)