Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dětьca

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

*dětь (“child”) +‎ *-ьca

Noun

*dětьca f

1. (collective) children

Declension

Declension of *dětьca (soft a-stem, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*dětьca
genitive	*dětьcę̇
dative	*dětьci
accusative	*dětьcǫ
instrumental	*dětьcejǫ, *dětьcǫ**
locative	*dětьci
vocative	*dětьce

^* -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).

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: деца́ (decá)
  • Macedonian: де́ца (déca)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дѐца, дјѐца

    Latin: dèca, djèca

  • Slovene: déca