Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čaja
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kḗˀjāˀ (“gull, lapwing”), from onomatopoeia of cry *kḗˀ-kḗˀ.
Noun
[edit]*čàja f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *čaja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *čaja | *čàji | *čàję̇ |
| genitive | *čàję̇ | *čàju | *čàjь |
| dative | *čàjī | *čàjama | *čàjāmъ |
| accusative | *čàjǫ | *čàji | *čàję̇ |
| instrumental | *čàjējǫ, *čàjǭ* | *čàjama | *čàjāmī |
| locative | *čàjī | *čàju | *čàjāsъ |
| vocative | *čàje | *čàji | *čàję̇ |
* 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).
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- West Slavic:
- Czech: čaja (dialectal)
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čaja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 10