Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrdlica
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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
Noun
*gъrdlica f
- turtle dove (bird)
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gъrdlica | *gъrdlici | *gъrdlicę̇ |
| genitive | *gъrdlicę̇ | *gъrdlicu | *gъrdlicь |
| dative | *gъrdlici | *gъrdlicama | *gъrdlicamъ |
| accusative | *gъrdlicǫ | *gъrdlici | *gъrdlicę̇ |
| instrumental | *gъrdlicejǫ, *gъrdlicǫ** | *gъrdlicama | *gъrdlicami |
| locative | *gъrdlici | *gъrdlicu | *gъrdlicasъ, *gъrdlicaxъ* |
| vocative | *gъrdlice | *gъrdlici | *gъrdlicę̇ |
* -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:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: gerlice
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrdlica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 203
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “го́рлица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress