Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cica
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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
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
*cica f
- alternative form of *cicь (“breast/nipple”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *cica | *cici | *cicę̇ |
| genitive | *cicę̇ | *cicu | *cicь |
| dative | *cici | *cicama | *cicamъ |
| accusative | *cicǫ | *cici | *cicę̇ |
| instrumental | *cicejǫ, *cicǫ** | *cicama | *cicami |
| locative | *cici | *cicu | *cicasъ, *cicaxъ* |
| vocative | *cice | *cici | *cicę̇ |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Slovak: cica (dialectal)
- Non-Slavic:
- → Greek: τσίτσα (tsítsa)
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “циця”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 255