Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščepa
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly, related to *skopiti (“to geld”)
Noun
[edit]*ščepa f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *ščepa (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ščepa | *ščepě | *ščepy |
genitive | *ščepy | *ščepu | *ščepъ |
dative | *ščepě | *ščepama | *ščepamъ |
accusative | *ščepǫ | *ščepě | *ščepy |
instrumental | *ščepojǫ, *ščepǫ** | *ščepama | *ščepami |
locative | *ščepě | *ščepu | *ščepasъ, *ščepaxъ* |
vocative | *ščepo | *ščepě | *ščepy |
* -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).
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- *ščapъ (“stick”) (with long grade)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: ščèр, ščéрǝk, ščерíса (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: szсzера
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щепа́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress