Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opica
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *opъ + *-ica, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *apō (“ape, monkey”).
Noun
edit*opica m
Declension
editDeclension of *opica (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *opica | *opici | *opicę̇ |
genitive | *opicę̇ | *opicu | *opicь |
dative | *opici | *opicama | *opicamъ |
accusative | *opicǫ | *opici | *opicę̇ |
instrumental | *opicejǫ, *opicǫ** | *opicama | *opicami |
locative | *opici | *opicu | *opicasъ, *opicaxъ* |
vocative | *opice | *opici | *opicę̇ |
* -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:
- Russian: о́пица (ópica)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “опица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress