Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skopьcь

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 *skopiti +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*skopьcь m

1. castrated person, eunuch
2. castrated animal

Declension

Declension of *skopьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skopьcь	*skopьca	*skopьci
genitive	*skopьca	*skopьcu	*skopьcь
dative	*skopьcu	*skopьcema	*skopьcemъ
accusative	*skopьcь	*skopьca	*skopьcę̇
instrumental	*skopьcьmь, *skopьcemь*	*skopьcema	*skopьci
locative	*skopьci	*skopьcu	*skopьcixъ
vocative	*skopьče	*skopьca	*skopьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: скопьць (skopĭcĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: скопе́цъ (skopécʹ), скопе́ць (skopécʹ)
      • Ukrainian: скопе́ць (skopécʹ)
    • Russian: скопе́ц (skopéc)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: скопьць (skopĭcĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⰽⱁⱂⱐⱌⱐ (skopĭcĭ)

  • Bulgarian: скопе́ц (skopéc)
  • Macedonian: скопец (skopec)
  • Slovene: skȯ́pǝc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: skopec
  • Old Polish: skopiec
    • Polish: skopiec (obsolete)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “скопе́ц”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress