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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьčьnica
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *ajьčénica
Declension
Declension of *ajьčьnica (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ajьčьnica | *ajьčьnici | *ajьčьnicę̇ |
genitive | *ajьčьnicę̇ | *ajьčьnicu | *ajьčьnicь |
dative | *ajьčьnici | *ajьčьnicama | *ajьčьnicamъ |
accusative | *ajьčьnicǫ | *ajьčьnici | *ajьčьnicę̇ |
instrumental | *ajьčьnicejǫ, *ajьčьnicǫ** | *ajьčьnicama | *ajьčьnicami |
locative | *ajьčьnici | *ajьčьnicu | *ajьčьnicasъ, *ajьčьnicaxъ* |
vocative | *ajьčьnice | *ajьčьnici | *ajьčьnicę̇ |
* -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
- *ajьce, *ajьko (“egg”)
- *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”)
- *ajьčьnikъ (“egg product”)
- *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: яи́чница (jaíčnica, “fried egg dish”)
- Ukrainian: яє́чниця (jajéčnycja, “fried egg”)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: јајченица (“easter ritual bread (decorated with easter eggs)”)
- Latin script: jajčenica (“easter ritual bread (decorated with easter eggs)”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: vaječňica (“fried egg”) (dialectal)
- Polish: jajecznica (“scrambled eggs”)
- Slovak: vaječnica (“scrambled eggs”)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьčьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
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