Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čavъka
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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
Noun
*čavъka f
Inflection
Declension of *čavъka (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *čavъka | *čavъcě | *čavъky |
| genitive | *čavъky | *čavъku | *čavъkъ |
| dative | *čavъcě | *čavъkama | *čavъkamъ |
| accusative | *čavъkǫ | *čavъcě | *čavъky |
| instrumental | *čavъkojǫ, *čavъkǫ** | *čavъkama | *čavъkami |
| locative | *čavъcě | *čavъku | *čavъkasъ, *čavъkaxъ* |
| vocative | *čavъko | *čavъcě | *čavъky |
* -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
- South Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: ceucă
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čavъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 31