Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čaja
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kḗˀjāˀ (“gull, lapwing”), from onomatopoeia of cry *kḗˀ-kḗˀ.
Noun[edit]
*čàja f
Declension[edit]
Declension of *čaja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *čaja | *čàji | *čàję̇ |
genitive | *čàję̇ | *čàju | *čàjь |
dative | *čàjī | *čàjama | *čàjāmъ |
accusative | *čàjǫ | *čàji | *čàję̇ |
instrumental | *čàjējǫ, *čàjǭ* | *čàjama | *čàjāmī |
locative | *čàjī | *čàju | *čàjāsъ |
vocative | *čàje | *čàji | *čàję̇ |
* 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).
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- West Slavic:
- Czech: čaja (dialectal)