Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cęta
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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
Probably from Vulgar Latin *centus.
Noun
*cęta f
- small coin
Declension
Declension of *cęta (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *cęta | *cę̀tě | *cę̀ty |
| genitive | *cę̀ty | *cę̀tu | *cę̀tъ |
| dative | *cę̀tě | *cę̀tama | *cę̀tamъ |
| accusative | *cę̀tǫ | *cę̀tě | *cę̀ty |
| instrumental | *cę̀tojǫ, *cę̀tǭ** | *cę̀tama | *cę̀tamī |
| locative | *cę̀tě | *cę̀tu | *cę̀tasъ, *cę̀taxъ* |
| vocative | *cę̀to | *cę̀tě | *cę̀ty |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: цята (cjata)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- Romanian: țintă
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cęta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 194