Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьdovica

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

By surface analysis, *vьdova +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*vьdovica f

1. Synonym of *vьdova: widow

Declension

Declension of *vьdovica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vьdovica	*vьdovici	*vьdovicę̇
genitive	*vьdovicę̇	*vьdovicu	*vьdovicь
dative	*vьdovici	*vьdovicama	*vьdovicamъ
accusative	*vьdovicǫ	*vьdovici	*vьdovicę̇
instrumental	*vьdovicejǫ, *vьdovicǫ**	*vьdovicama	*vьdovicami
locative	*vьdovici	*vьdovicu	*vьdovicasъ, *vьdovicaxъ*
vocative	*vьdovice	*vьdovici	*vьdovicę̇

^* -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

• *vьdovьcь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: въдовица (vŭdovica)
    • Russian: (obsolete) вдови́ца (vdovíca)
    • Ukrainian: вдови́ця (vdovýcja), удови́ця (udovýcja) (obsolete)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: въдовица (vŭdovica)
  • Bulgarian: вдови́ца (vdovíca), удови́ца (udovíca)
  • Macedonian: вдовица (vdovica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: удо̀вица
    • Latin script: udòvica
  • Slovene: vdovíca (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Slovak: vdovica

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вдовец, вдовица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 125