Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/omъča
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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]*omъča f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *omъča (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *omъča | *omъči | *omъčę̇ |
| genitive | *omъčę̇ | *omъču | *omъčь |
| dative | *omъči | *omъčama | *omъčamъ |
| accusative | *omъčǫ | *omъči | *omъčę̇ |
| instrumental | *omъčejǫ, *omъčǫ** | *omъčama | *omъčami |
| locative | *omъči | *omъču | *omъčasъ, *omъčaxъ* |
| vocative | *omъče | *omъči | *omъčę̇ |
* -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]Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obmъča”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 90