Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьcaka

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 *sьcati (“to piss”) +‎ *-ka.

Noun

*sьcaka f

urine

Declension

Declension of *sьcaka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sьcaka	*sьcacě	*sьcaky
genitive	*sьcaky	*sьcaku	*sьcakъ
dative	*sьcacě	*sьcakama	*sьcakamъ
accusative	*sьcakǫ	*sьcacě	*sьcaky
instrumental	sьcakojǫ, sьcakǫ^**	*sьcakama	*sьcakami
locative	*sьcacě	*sьcaku	sьcakasъ, sьcakaxъ^*
vocative	*sьcako	*sьcacě	*sьcaky

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *сьцака (*sĭcaka), сьсака (sĭsaka)^[1]
  - Old Ruthenian: *сца́ка (*scáka)
    - Ukrainian: сця́ки pl (scjáky)^[2]
  - Russian: сца́ка (scáka), сса́ка (ssáka), сца́ки pl (scáki) (dialectal)

References

^ Gippius, A. A. (actor) (December 19, 2020), “«Игра в слова»: берестяная грамота № 1131 в эпиграфическом контексте” (23:18 from the start), in Эпиграфические итоги 2020 года‎^[1] (in Russian), Institute for Slavic Studies of the RAS
^ Stavytska, L. O. (2008) “сця́ки”, in Українська мова без табу [Ukrainian Language without Taboos] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Krytyka, →ISBN, page 363

[1] Gippius, A. A. (actor) (December 19, 2020), “«Игра в слова»: берестяная грамота № 1131 в эпиграфическом контексте” (23:18 from the start), in Эпиграфические итоги 2020 года‎^[1] (in Russian), Institute for Slavic Studies of the RAS

[2] Stavytska, L. O. (2008) “сця́ки”, in Українська мова без табу [Ukrainian Language without Taboos] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Krytyka, →ISBN, page 363

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