Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čęšča
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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]By surface analysis, *čęstъ (“frequent, dense”) + *-ja.
Noun
[edit]*čęšča f[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of *čęšča (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *čęšča | *čęšči | *čęščę̇ |
| genitive | *čęščę̇ | *čęšču | *čęščь |
| dative | *čęšči | *čęščama | *čęščamъ |
| accusative | *čęščǫ | *čęšči | *čęščę̇ |
| instrumental | *čęščejǫ, *čęščǫ** | *čęščama | *čęščami |
| locative | *čęšči | *čęšču | *čęščasъ, *čęščaxъ* |
| vocative | *čęšče | *čęšči | *čęščę̇ |
* -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).
** 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:
References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čęšča”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 109