Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫka
Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.
Noun
*sǫka f
- bitch (female dog)
Declension
Declension of *sǫka (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *sǫka | *sǫcě | *sǫky |
genitive | *sǫky | *sǫku | *sǫkъ |
dative | *sǫcě | *sǫkama | *sǫkamъ |
accusative | *sǫkǫ | *sǫcě | *sǫky |
instrumental | *sǫkojǫ, *sǫkǫ** | *sǫkama | *sǫkami |
locative | *sǫcě | *sǫku | *sǫkasъ, *sǫkaxъ* |
vocative | *sǫko | *sǫcě | *sǫky |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сука”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress