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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/eževica
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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
Noun
*eževica f
Declension
Declension of *eževica (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *eževica | *eževici | *eževicę̇ |
| Accusative | *eževicǫ | *eževici | *eževicę̇ |
| Genitive | *eževicę̇ | *eževicu | *eževicь |
| Locative | *eževici | *eževicu | *eževicasъ, *eževicaxъ* |
| Dative | *eževici | *eževicama | *eževicamъ |
| Instrumental | *eževicejǫ, *eževicǫ** | *eževicama | *eževicami |
| Vocative | *eževice | *eževici | *eževicę̇ |
* -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).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Russian: ежени́ца (ježeníca) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: је́жевица; Је́жевица (toponym)
- Latin: jéževica; Jéževica (toponym)
- Slovene: ježevíca
- Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*eževica / *eževika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
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