Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konьčina

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 *konьcь (“end”) +‎ *-ina (“collective suffix”).

Noun

*konьčina f

end
death

Inflection

Declension of *konьčina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*konьčina	*konьčině	*konьčiny
genitive	*konьčiny	*konьčinu	*konьčinъ
dative	*konьčině	*konьčinama	*konьčinamъ
accusative	*konьčinǫ	*konьčině	*konьčiny
instrumental	konьčinojǫ, konьčinǫ^**	*konьčinama	*konьčinami
locative	*konьčině	*konьčinu	konьčinasъ, konьčinaxъ^*
vocative	*konьčino	*konьčině	*konьčiny

^* -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:
- Old East Slavic: коньчина (konĭčina)
  - Old Ruthenian: кончи́на (končína)
    - Belarusian: канчы́ны pl (kančýny) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: кончи́на (končýna)
  - Russian: кончи́на (končína); кончи́ны pl (končíny) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: коньчина (konĭčina)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰽⱁⱀⱐⱍⰻⱀⰰ (konĭčina)
- Bulgarian: кончи́на (končína) (literary)
- Macedonian: кончина (končina) (obsolete)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ко̀нчѝна (obsolete)
  
  Latin script: kònčìna (obsolete)
- Slovene: končína (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: končina
  - Czech: končina; končiny pl (dialectal)
- Polabian: ťaincaińǎ
- Polish: kończyna
- Slovak: končina; koňčina (dialectal, obsolete)