Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lastavica

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

By surface analysis, *lastъka +‎ *-ica

Noun

*lastavica f

1. swallow

Inflection

Declension of *lastavica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lastavica	*lastavici	*lastavicę̇
genitive	*lastavicę̇	*lastavicu	*lastavicь
dative	*lastavici	*lastavicama	*lastavicamъ
accusative	*lastavicǫ	*lastavici	*lastavicę̇
instrumental	*lastavicejǫ, *lastavicǫ**	*lastavicama	*lastavicami
locative	*lastavici	*lastavicu	*lastavicasъ, *lastavicaxъ*
vocative	*lastavice	*lastavici	*lastavicę̇

^* -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).

Related terms

• *lastovica f

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ла́стaвица (lástavica) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ла̏ставица

    Latin script: lȁstavica

  • Slovene: lástavica (tonal orthography)