Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žuka
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed as *žuti (“to chew”) + *-ka, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”).
Noun
[edit]*žuka f
- Alternative form of *žuna
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *žuka (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *žuka | *žucě | *žuky |
genitive | *žuky | *žuku | *žukъ |
dative | *žucě | *žukama | *žukamъ |
accusative | *žukǫ | *žucě | *žuky |
instrumental | *žukojǫ, *žukǫ** | *žukama | *žukami |
locative | *žucě | *žuku | *žukasъ, *žukaxъ* |
vocative | *žuko | *žucě | *žuky |
* -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).
Derived terms
[edit]- *žukati (“to gulp, to surp”)
Descendants
[edit]- South Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жука”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 557