Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sinica
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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]*sinìca f[1]
- titmouse
- (West Slavic) blue-green algae, cyanobacteria
Declension
[edit]Declension of *sinìca (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sinìca | *sinìci | *sinìcę̇ |
| genitive | *sinìcę̇ | *sinìcu | *sinìcь |
| dative | *sinìcī | *sinìcama | *sinìcāmъ |
| accusative | *sinìcǫ | *sinìci | *sinìcę̇ |
| instrumental | *sinìcējǫ, *sinìcǭ* | *sinìcama | *sinìcāmī |
| locative | *sinìcī | *sinìcu | *sinìcāsъ |
| vocative | *sinìce | *sinìci | *sinìcę̇ |
* 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:
- Bulgarian: синигер (siniger) (related)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: siníca (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сини́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “siníca”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sini̋ca”