Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/balъka
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]*balъka f
- diminutive of *bala (“ravine, pool”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *balъka (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *balъka | *balъcě | *balъky |
genitive | *balъky | *balъku | *balъkъ |
dative | *balъcě | *balъkama | *balъkamъ |
accusative | *balъkǫ | *balъcě | *balъky |
instrumental | *balъkojǫ, *balъkǫ** | *balъkama | *balъkami |
locative | *balъcě | *balъku | *balъkasъ, *balъkaxъ* |
vocative | *balъko | *balъcě | *balъky |
* -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).
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: bałka (“small lake”) (dialectal, possibly borrowed from East Slavic)
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*balъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 149
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “балка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “балка¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 127