Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščapъ
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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 an earlier *skēpъ, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cleave”).
Noun
*ščapъ m
Declension
Declension of *ščapъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ščapъ | *ščapa | *ščapi |
| genitive | *ščapa | *ščapu | *ščapъ |
| dative | *ščapu | *ščapoma | *ščapomъ |
| accusative | *ščapъ | *ščapa | *ščapy |
| instrumental | *ščapъmь, *ščapomь* | *ščapoma | *ščapy |
| locative | *ščapě | *ščapu | *ščapěxъ |
| vocative | *ščape | *ščapa | *ščapi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *ščepa (“chip”) (with short grade)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- >? Russian: щап (ščap, “dumbhead”) (probably)
- South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: щапъ (štapŭ)
- Bulgarian: щап (štap)
- Macedonian: стап (stap)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: шта̑п
- Latin script: štȃp, šćap (dialectal)
- Slovene: ščáp (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щап”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress