Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ręsьnica
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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]Diminutive form of *ręsa.
Noun
[edit]*ręsьnica f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *ręsьnica (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ręsьnica | *ręsьnici | *ręsьnicę̇ |
| genitive | *ręsьnicę̇ | *ręsьnicu | *ręsьnicь |
| dative | *ręsьnici | *ręsьnicama | *ręsьnicamъ |
| accusative | *ręsьnicǫ | *ręsьnici | *ręsьnicę̇ |
| instrumental | *ręsьnicejǫ, *ręsьnicǫ** | *ręsьnicama | *ręsьnicami |
| locative | *ręsьnici | *ręsьnicu | *ręsьnicasъ, *ręsьnicaxъ* |
| vocative | *ręsьnice | *ręsьnici | *ręsьnicę̇ |
* -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:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: рѧсница (ręsnica)
- Bulgarian: реснѝца (resnìca)
- Slovene: rẹ̑snica (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: řasnice
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ресни́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress