Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъlučajь

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

From *sъlučati (“to happen”) +‎ *-ějь.

Noun

*sъlučajь m

1. event, occurrence

Declension

Declension of *sъlučajь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъlučajь	*sъlučaja	*sъlučaji
genitive	*sъlučaja	*sъlučaju	*sъlučajь
dative	*sъlučaju	*sъlučajema	*sъlučajemъ
accusative	*sъlučajь	*sъlučaja	*sъlučaję̇
instrumental	*sъlučajьmь, *sъlučajemь*	*sъlučajema	*sъlučaji
locative	*sъlučaji	*sъlučaju	*sъlučajixъ
vocative	*sъlučaju	*sъlučaja	*sъlučaji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *sъlučajьnъ (“accidental”)
• *sъlučajьnostь (“chance, possibility”)

Related terms

• *lučiti (“to reach a target, to achieve”)
  • *lučь (“ray”)
• *sъluka (“incident”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj)
  • Ukrainian: случа́й (slučáj), слу́чай (slúčaj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: сълоучаи (sŭlučai)

  • Bulgarian: случа́й (slučáj), слу́чeй (slúčej)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: слу̏ча̄ј

    Latin script: slȕčāj

  • Slovene: slučȃj (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “случай”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “случай”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 130