Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/palica

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

Noun

*palica f

1. stick
2. staff

Declension

Declension of *palica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*palica	*palici	*palicę̇
genitive	*palicę̇	*palicu	*palicь
dative	*palici	*palicama	*palicamъ
accusative	*palicǫ	*palici	*palicę̇
instrumental	*palicejǫ, *palicǫ**	*palicama	*palicami
locative	*palici	*palicu	*palicasъ, *palicaxъ*
vocative	*palice	*palici	*palicę̇

^* -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:
    • Belarusian: палі́ца (palíca)
    • Russian: па́лица (pálica)
    • Ukrainian: палиця (palycja)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: [Term?]

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian:
  • Macedonian:
  • Serbo-Croatian: palica
  • Slovene: palica

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: palice
  • Polish:
  • Slovak: palica

References

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