Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kostъka
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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]Noun
[edit]*kostъka f[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kostъka (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kostъka | *kostъcě | *kostъky |
| genitive | *kostъky | *kostъku | *kostъkъ |
| dative | *kostъcě | *kostъkama | *kostъkamъ |
| accusative | *kostъkǫ | *kostъcě | *kostъky |
| instrumental | *kostъkojǫ, *kostъkǫ** | *kostъkama | *kostъkami |
| locative | *kostъcě | *kostъku | *kostъkasъ, *kostъkaxъ* |
| vocative | *kostъko | *kostъcě | *kostъky |
* -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:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kostъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 166