Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovьca
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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 Pre-Slavic *awikāˀ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
Noun
*ovьcà f[1]
Inflection
Declension of *ovьcà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ovьcà | *ovь̀ci | *ovьcę̇̀ |
| genitive | *ovьcę̇̀ | *ovьcù | *ovь̀cь |
| dative | *ovьcì | *ovьcàma | *ovьcàmъ |
| accusative | *ovьcǫ̀ | *ovь̀ci | *ovьcę̇̀ |
| instrumental | *ovьcèjǫ, *ovь̀cǫ** | *ovьcàma | *ovьcàmī |
| locative | *ovьcì | *ovьcù | *ovьcàsъ, *ovьcàxъ* |
| vocative | *ovьce | *ovь̀ci | *ovьcę̇̀ |
* -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).
Declension of *ovьcà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ovьcà | *ȍvьci | *ȍvьcę̇ |
| genitive | *ovьcę̇́ | *ovьcù | *ovь̀cь |
| dative | *ovьcì | *ovьcàma | *ovьcàmъ |
| accusative | *ȍvьcǫ | *ȍvьci | *ȍvьcę̇ |
| instrumental | *ovьcejǫ́ | *ovьcàma | *ovьcàmi |
| locative | *ȍvьcī | *ovьcù | *ovьcàsъ, *ovьcàxъ* |
| vocative | *ovьce | *ȍvьci | *ȍvьcę̇ |
* -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.
Related terms
- *ovьnъ (“ram”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “овца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ovьcà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 384