Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běka
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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
Alternative reconstructions
- *beka (per ESSJa)
Etymology
Agent noun of the onomatopoeic Proto-Slavic *běkati (“to bleat”).
Noun
*běka f
- sheep
- Synonym: *ovьca
- type of herb
- → sedge (Carex)
- → hedgenettle (Stachys)
Declension
Declension of *běka (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *běka | *běcě | *běky |
| genitive | *běky | *běku | *běkъ |
| dative | *běcě | *běkama | *běkamъ |
| accusative | *běkǫ | *běcě | *běky |
| instrumental | *běkojǫ, *běkǫ** | *běkama | *běkami |
| locative | *běcě | *běku | *běkasъ, *běkaxъ* |
| vocative | *běko | *běcě | *běky |
* -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).
Related terms
Descendants
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bē, bā”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*beka?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 183
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бека”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 40