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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ežika
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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
Etymology
From *ežь (“hedgehog”) + *-ika.
Noun
*ežika f
Declension
Declension of *ežika (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ežika | *ežicě | *ežiky |
| Accusative | *ežikǫ | *ežicě | *ežiky |
| Genitive | *ežiky | *ežiku | *ežikъ |
| Locative | *ežicě | *ežiku | *ežikasъ, *ežikaxъ* |
| Dative | *ežicě | *ežikama | *ežikamъ |
| Instrumental | *ežikojǫ, *ežikǫ** | *ežikama | *ežikami |
| Vocative | *ežiko | *ežicě | *ežiky |
* -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:
- Old East Slavic: *ожика (*ožika)
- Belarusian: ажы́ка (ažýka)
- Russian: ожи́ка (ožíka)
- Old East Slavic: *ожика (*ožika)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: јежика
- Latin: ježika
- Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ežica / *ežika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
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