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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuča

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

A -jā stem derivative of *kuka.

Noun

*kùča f[1][2]

  1. heap

Inflection
Declension of *kùča (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kùča *kùči *kùčę̇
Accusative *kùčǫ *kùči *kùčę̇
Genitive *kùčę̇ *kùču *kùčь
Locative *kùčī *kùču *kùčāsъ
Dative *kùčī *kùčama *kùčāmъ
Instrumental *kùčējǫ, *kùčǭ* *kùčama *kùčāmī
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
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ку́ча (kúča)
    • Russian: ку́ча (kúča)
    • Ukrainian: ку́ча (kúča)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kučе
    • Polish: kusza (archaic, dialectal)
    • Slovincian: kuča

Further reading

References
  1. 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’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kuča”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (RPT 108f.)”
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