Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kapľa
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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
*kapľa f
Inflection
Declension of *kapľa (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kapľa | *kapľi | *kapľę̇ |
| genitive | *kapľę̇ | *kapľu | *kapľь |
| dative | *kapľi | *kapľama | *kapľamъ |
| accusative | *kapľǫ | *kapľi | *kapľę̇ |
| instrumental | *kapľejǫ, *kapľǫ** | *kapľama | *kapľami |
| locative | *kapľi | *kapľu | *kapľasъ, *kapľaxъ* |
| vocative | *kapľe | *kapľi | *kapľę̇ |
* -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:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: каплꙗ (kaplja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: káplja (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ка́пля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress