*buky, bukъvь (“beech”) + *-ica
*bukъvica f
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *bukъvica | *bukъvici | *bukъvicę̇ |
genitive | *bukъvicę̇ | *bukъvicu | *bukъvicь |
dative | *bukъvici | *bukъvicama | *bukъvicamъ |
accusative | *bukъvicǫ | *bukъvici | *bukъvicę̇ |
instrumental | *bukъvicejǫ, *bukъvicǫ** | *bukъvicama | *bukъvicami |
locative | *bukъvici | *bukъvicu | *bukъvicasъ, *bukъvicaxъ* |
vocative | *bukъvice | *bukъvici | *bukъvicę̇ |
* -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).