Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/eževika
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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
editEtymology
editFrom *eževъ (“hedgehog-related”) + *-ika.
Noun
edit*eževika f
Declension
editDeclension of *eževika (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *eževika | *eževicě | *eževiky |
| genitive | *eževiky | *eževiku | *eževikъ |
| dative | *eževicě | *eževikama | *eževikamъ |
| accusative | *eževikǫ | *eževicě | *eževiky |
| instrumental | *eževikojǫ, *eževikǫ** | *eževikama | *eževikami |
| locative | *eževicě | *eževiku | *eževikasъ, *eževikaxъ* |
| vocative | *eževiko | *eževicě | *eževiky |
* -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
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*eževica / *eževika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 35