Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьčina

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 *sьčь (“urine”) +‎ *-ina, from *sьkati. See *sьcati (“to piss”).

Noun

*sьčina f

1. urine

Declension

Declension of *sьčina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sьčina	*sьčině	*sьčiny
genitive	*sьčiny	*sьčinu	*sьčinъ
dative	*sьčině	*sьčinama	*sьčinamъ
accusative	*sьčinǫ	*sьčině	*sьčiny
instrumental	*sьčinojǫ, *sьčinǫ**	*sьčinama	*sьčinami
locative	*sьčině	*sьčinu	*sьčinasъ, *sьčinaxъ*
vocative	*sьčino	*sьčině	*sьčiny

^* -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).

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seykʷ- (0 c, 10 e)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *сьчина (*sĭčina)
    • Old Ruthenian: *щина (*ščina)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: щи́на (ščýna)
      • Ukrainian: щи́на (ščýna), щи́ни pl (ščýny), сечина́ (sečyná) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: szczënë
  • Old Polish: szczyna
    • Polish: szczyny

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “се́ча”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 223