Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čaja

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *kḗˀjāˀ (“gull, lapwing”), from onomatopoeia of cry *kḗˀ-kḗˀ.

Noun

*čàja f

  1. gull, lapwing

Declension

Declension of *čaja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *čaja *čàji *čàję̇
genitive *čàję̇ *čàju *čàjь
dative *čàjī *čàjama *čàjāmъ
accusative *čàjǫ *čàji *čàję̇
instrumental *čàjējǫ, *čàjǭ* *čàjama *čàjāmī
locative *čàjī *čàju *čàjāsъ
vocative *čàje *čàji *čàję̇

* 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).

Derived terms

  • *čàjica
  • *čàjikъ
    • Slovak: čajik
  • *čàjьka

Descendants

  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: čaja (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čaja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 10
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