Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čęšča

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

By surface analysis, *čęstъ (“frequent, dense”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*čęšča f[1]

  1. thicket

Declension

Declension of *čęšča (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *čęšča *čęšči *čęščę̇
genitive *čęščę̇ *čęšču *čęščь
dative *čęšči *čęščama *čęščamъ
accusative *čęščǫ *čęšči *čęščę̇
instrumental *čęščejǫ, *čęščǫ** *čęščama *čęščami
locative *čęšči *čęšču *čęščasъ, *čęščaxъ*
vocative *čęšče *čęšči *čęščę̇

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чаща (čašča), чѧща (čęšča)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čęšča”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 109
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