Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/misъka
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editOriginally a diminutive form of *mìsa (“bowl”) + *-ъka (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun
edit*mìsъka f
Declension
editDeclension of *mìsъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *mìsъka | *mìsъcě | *mìsъky |
genitive | *mìsъky | *mìsъku | *mìsъkъ |
dative | *mìsъcě | *mìsъkama | *mìsъkamъ |
accusative | *mìsъkǫ | *mìsъcě | *mìsъky |
instrumental | *mìsъkojǫ, *mìsъkǭ** | *mìsъkama | *mìsъkamī |
locative | *mìsъcě | *mìsъku | *mìsъkasъ, *mìsъkaxъ* |
vocative | *mìsъko | *mìsъcě | *mìsъky |
* -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).
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*misъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 59