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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ežica
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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
Declension
Declension of *ežica (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ežica | *ežici | *ežicę̇ |
| genitive | *ežicę̇ | *ežicu | *ežicь |
| dative | *ežici | *ežicama | *ežicamъ |
| accusative | *ežicǫ | *ežici | *ežicę̇ |
| instrumental | *ežicejǫ, *ežicǫ** | *ežicama | *ežicami |
| locative | *ežici | *ežicu | *ežicasъ, *ežicaxъ* |
| vocative | *ežice | *ežici | *ežicę̇ |
* -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).
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ežica / *ežika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
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