Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuča
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A -jā stem derivative of *kuka.
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Declension of *kùča (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kùča | *kùči | *kùčę̇ |
| genitive | *kùčę̇ | *kùču | *kùčь |
| dative | *kùčī | *kùčama | *kùčāmъ |
| accusative | *kùčǫ | *kùči | *kùčę̇ |
| instrumental | *kùčējǫ, *kùčǭ* | *kùčama | *kùčāmī |
| locative | *kùčī | *kùču | *kùčāsъ |
| vocative | *kùče | *kùči | *kùčę̇ |
* 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ку́ча”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kuča”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254: “f. jā ‘heap’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kuča”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 108f.)”