Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čajica

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 *čàja +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*čàjica f

  1. gull, lapwing

Declension

Declension of *čajica (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *čajica *čajici *čajicę̇
genitive *čajicę̇ *čajicu *čajicь
dative *čajicī *čajicama *čajicāmъ
accusative *čajicǫ *čajici *čajicę̇
instrumental *čajicējǫ, *čajicǭ* *čajicama *čajicāmī
locative *čajicī *čajicu *čajicāsъ
vocative *čajice *čajici *čajicę̇

* 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: ча́ица (čáica)
      • Russian: ча́йца (čájca) (Arkhangelsk), це́ица (céica) (Olonets), ча́ица (čáica, “lapwing”) (Smolensk)
    • The Tale of Igor’s Campaign: ча́ицами (čáicami)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: čájca (tonal orthography) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “čajica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 11
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