Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nicь
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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 Proto-Indo-European *nih₃kʷo-, from *(h₁)ni- (“down”), from *h₁én. Cognate with Sanskrit नीच (nīcá).
Adjective
[edit]- lying face downwards
Inflection
[edit]Indefinite declension of *nicь (soft)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nicь | *nica | *nice |
| genitive | *nica | *nicę̇ | *nica |
| dative | *nicu | *nici | *nicu |
| accusative | *nicь | *nicǫ | *nice |
| instrumental | *nicemь | *nicejǫ | *nicemь |
| locative | *nici | *nici | *nici |
| vocative | *niče | *nice | *nice |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *nica | *nici | *nici |
| genitive | *nicu | *nicu | *nicu |
| dative | *nicema | *nicama | *nicema |
| accusative | *nica | *nici | *nici |
| instrumental | *nicema | *nicama | *nicema |
| locative | *nicu | *nicu | *nicu |
| vocative | *nica | *nici | *nici |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *nici | *nicę̇ | *nica |
| genitive | *nicь | *nicь | *nicь |
| dative | *nicemъ | *nicamъ | *nicemъ |
| accusative | *nicę̇ | *nicę̇ | *nica |
| instrumental | *nici | *nicami | *nici |
| locative | *nicixъ | *nicaxъ | *nicixъ |
| vocative | *nici | *nicę̇ | *nica |
Definite declension of *nicь (soft)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nicьjь | *nicaja | *niceje |
| genitive | *nicajego | *nicę̇ję̇ | *nicajego |
| dative | *nicujemu | *niciji | *nicujemu |
| accusative | *nicьjь | *nicǫjǫ | *niceje |
| instrumental | *nicijimь | *nicǫjǫ | *nicijimь |
| locative | *nicijemь | *niciji | *nicijemь |
| vocative | *nicьjь | *nicaja | *niceje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *nicaja | *niciji | *niciji |
| genitive | *nicuju | *nicuju | *nicuju |
| dative | *nicijima | *nicijima | *nicijima |
| accusative | *nicaja | *niciji | *niciji |
| instrumental | *nicijima | *nicijima | *nicijima |
| locative | *nicuju | *nicuju | *nicuju |
| vocative | *nicaja | *niciji | *niciji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *niciji | *nicę̇ję̇ | *nicaja |
| genitive | *nicьjixъ | *nicьjixъ | *nicьjixъ |
| dative | *nicijimъ | *nicijimъ | *nicijimъ |
| accusative | *nicę̇ję̇ | *nicę̇ję̇ | *nicaja |
| instrumental | *nicijimi | *nicijimi | *nicijimi |
| locative | *nicijixъ | *nicijixъ | *nicijixъ |
| vocative | *niciji | *nicę̇ję̇ | *nicaja |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ниц”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nicь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352: “adj. jo ‘lying face downwards’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “nȋc”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *nicь̏”