Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kučьka
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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]Possibly, of onomatopoeic provenance.
Noun
[edit]*kučьka f[1]
- bitch (female dog)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kučьka (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kučьka | *kučьcě | *kučьky |
| genitive | *kučьky | *kučьku | *kučьkъ |
| dative | *kučьcě | *kučьkama | *kučьkamъ |
| accusative | *kučьkǫ | *kučьcě | *kučьky |
| instrumental | *kučьkojǫ, *kučьkǫ** | *kučьkama | *kučьkami |
| locative | *kučьcě | *kučьku | *kučьkasъ, *kučьkaxъ* |
| vocative | *kučьko | *kučьcě | *kučьky |
* -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]- South Slavic:
References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kučьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 81