Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konьčina
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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 *konьcь (“end”) + *-ina (“collective suffix”).
Noun
[edit]*konьčina f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *konьčina (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *konьčina | *konьčině | *konьčiny |
| genitive | *konьčiny | *konьčinu | *konьčinъ |
| dative | *konьčině | *konьčinama | *konьčinamъ |
| accusative | *konьčinǫ | *konьčině | *konьčiny |
| instrumental | *konьčinojǫ, *konьčinǫ** | *konьčinama | *konьčinami |
| locative | *konьčině | *konьčinu | *konьčinasъ, *konьčinaxъ* |
| vocative | *konьčino | *konьčině | *konьčiny |
* -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:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: кончи́на (končína) (literary)
- Macedonian: кончина (končina) (obsolete)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: končína (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*konьčina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 7