Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nicь

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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

From Proto-Indo-European *nih₃kʷo-, from *ní (down) + *h₃ekʷ- (to see). Cognate with Sanskrit नीच (nīcá).

Adjective

*nĩcь

  1. lying face downwards

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *nicь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *nicь *nica *nice
genitive *nica *nicę̇ *nica
dative *nicu *nici *nicu
accusative *nicь *nicǫ *nice
instrumental *nicemь *nicejǫ *nicemь
locative *nici *nici *nici
vocative *niče *nice *nice
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *nica *nici *nici
genitive *nicu *nicu *nicu
dative *nicema *nicama *nicema
accusative *nica *nici *nici
instrumental *nicema *nicama *nicema
locative *nicu *nicu *nicu
vocative *nica *nici *nici
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *nici *nicę̇ *nica
genitive *nicь *nicь *nicь
dative *nicemъ *nicamъ *nicemъ
accusative *nicę̇ *nicę̇ *nica
instrumental *nici *nicami *nici
locative *nicixъ *nicaxъ *nicixъ
vocative *nici *nicę̇ *nica
Definite declension of *nicь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *nicьjь *nicaja *niceje
genitive *nicajego *nicę̇ję̇ *nicajego
dative *nicujemu *niciji *nicujemu
accusative *nicьjь *nicǫjǫ *niceje
instrumental *nicijimь *nicǫjǫ *nicijimь
locative *nicijemь *niciji *nicijemь
vocative *nicьjь *nicaja *niceje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *nicaja *niciji *niciji
genitive *nicuju *nicuju *nicuju
dative *nicijima *nicijima *nicijima
accusative *nicaja *niciji *niciji
instrumental *nicijima *nicijima *nicijima
locative *nicuju *nicuju *nicuju
vocative *nicaja *niciji *niciji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *niciji *nicę̇ję̇ *nicaja
genitive *nicьjixъ *nicьjixъ *nicьjixъ
dative *nicijimъ *nicijimъ *nicijimъ
accusative *nicę̇ję̇ *nicę̇ję̇ *nicaja
instrumental *nicijimi *nicijimi *nicijimi
locative *nicijixъ *nicijixъ *nicijixъ
vocative *niciji *nicę̇ję̇ *nicaja

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ниц”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nicь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352:adj. jo ‘lying face downwards’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “nȋc”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *nicь̏