Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tolka

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

Cognate to Latvian talka, Lithuanian talkà.

Noun

*tolka f

(collective) crowd, throng
Synonym: *tъlpa
communal work

Inflection

Declension of *tolka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tolka	*tolcě	*tolky
genitive	*tolky	*tolku	*tolkъ
dative	*tolcě	*tolkama	*tolkamъ
accusative	*tolkǫ	*tolcě	*tolky
instrumental	tolkojǫ, tolkǫ^**	*tolkama	*tolkami
locative	*tolcě	*tolku	tolkasъ, tolkaxъ^*
vocative	*tolko	*tolcě	*tolky

^* -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).

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Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: талака́ (talaká)
- Russian: толо́ка́ (tolóká)
- Ukrainian: толо́ка́ (tolóká)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: тлака́ (tlaká)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: тла̏ка
  
  Latin script: tlȁka
- Slovene: tláka (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: tłoka
  - Polish: tłoka