Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rǫkavica

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 *rǫkavъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*rǫkavica f

glove

Inflection

Declension of *rǫkavica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rǫkavica	*rǫkavici	*rǫkavicę̇
genitive	*rǫkavicę̇	*rǫkavicu	*rǫkavicь
dative	*rǫkavici	*rǫkavicama	*rǫkavicamъ
accusative	*rǫkavicǫ	*rǫkavici	*rǫkavicę̇
instrumental	rǫkavicejǫ, rǫkavicǫ^**	*rǫkavicama	*rǫkavicami
locative	*rǫkavici	*rǫkavicu	rǫkavicasъ, rǫkavicaxъ^*
vocative	*rǫkavice	*rǫkavici	*rǫkavicę̇

^* -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

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: рѫкавица (rǫkavica), рукавица (rukavica)
  - Old Ruthenian: рукавица (rukavica)
    - Belarusian: рукаві́ца (rukavíca)
    - Ukrainian: рукави́ця (rukavýcja)
  - Russian: рукави́ца (rukavíca)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ръкави́ца (rǎkavíca)
- Macedonian: ракавица (rakavica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: рука̀вица
  
  Latin script: rukàvica
- Slovene: rokavíca (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: rukavice
- Polish: rękawica
- Slovak: rukavica
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: rukajca
  - Upper Sorbian: rukajca