Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/česnikъ
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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
Etymology
From *česnъ (“garlic”) + *-ikъ.
Noun
*česnìkъ m
Declension
Declension of *česnikъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *česnikъ | *česnika | *česnici |
| genitive | *česnika | *česniku | *česnikъ |
| dative | *česniku | *česnikoma | *česnikomъ |
| accusative | *česnikъ | *česnika | *česniky |
| instrumental | *česnikъmь, *česnikomь* | *česnikoma | *česniky |
| locative | *česnicě | *česniku | *česnicěxъ |
| vocative | *česniče | *česnika | *česnici |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*česnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 88
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “часни́к”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 282