Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lastavica
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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]
By surface analysis, *lastъka + *-ica
Noun[edit]
*lastavica f[1]
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *lastavica (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lastavica | *lastavici | *lastavicę̇ |
| genitive | *lastavicę̇ | *lastavicu | *lastavicь |
| dative | *lastavici | *lastavicama | *lastavicamъ |
| accusative | *lastavicǫ | *lastavici | *lastavicę̇ |
| instrumental | *lastavicejǫ, *lastavicǫ** | *lastavicama | *lastavicami |
| locative | *lastavici | *lastavicu | *lastavicasъ, *lastavicaxъ* |
| vocative | *lastavice | *lastavici | *lastavicę̇ |
* -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[edit]
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ла́стaвица (lástavica) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ла̏ставица
- Latin script: lȁstavica
- Slovene: lástavica (tonal orthography)
References[edit]
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lastavica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 42