Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opsika
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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]*opsika f[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of *opsika (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *opsika | *opsicě | *opsiky |
| genitive | *opsiky | *opsiku | *opsikъ |
| dative | *opsicě | *opsikama | *opsikamъ |
| accusative | *opsikǫ | *opsicě | *opsiky |
| instrumental | *opsikojǫ, *opsikǫ** | *opsikama | *opsikami |
| locative | *opsicě | *opsiku | *opsikasъ, *opsikaxъ* |
| vocative | *opsiko | *opsicě | *opsiky |
* -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, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*opsika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 94