Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kapъka

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

From *kapati (v.), *kapъ (n.) +‎ *-ъka, with *kapъ itself being onomatopoetic.

Noun

*kàpъka f

1. droplet

Declension

Declension of *kàpъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kàpъka	*kàpъcě	*kàpъky
genitive	*kàpъky	*kàpъku	*kàpъkъ
dative	*kàpъcě	*kàpъkama	*kàpъkamъ
accusative	*kàpъkǫ	*kàpъcě	*kàpъky
instrumental	*kàpъkojǫ, *kàpъkǭ**	*kàpъkama	*kàpъkamī
locative	*kàpъcě	*kàpъku	*kàpъkasъ, *kàpъkaxъ*
vocative	*kàpъko	*kàpъcě	*kàpъky

^* -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

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ка́пка (kápka)
  • Russian: ка́пка (kápka)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ка́пка (kápka)
  • Ukrainian: ка́пка (kápka)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ка́пка (kápka)
  • Macedonian: капка (kapka)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kapka
  • Kashubian: kapka
  • Polish: kapka
  • Slovak: kapka
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kapka
    • Lower Sorbian: kapka

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ка̀пка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 221