Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čavъka

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

Noun

*čavъka f

  1. jackdaw (corvid)
    Synonym: *kavъka

Inflection

Declension of *čavъka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *čavъka *čavъcě *čavъky
genitive *čavъky *čavъku *čavъkъ
dative *čavъcě *čavъkama *čavъkamъ
accusative *čavъkǫ *čavъcě *čavъky
instrumental *čavъkojǫ, *čavъkǫ** *čavъkama *čavъkami
locative *čavъcě *čavъku *čavъkasъ, *čavъkaxъ*
vocative *čavъko *čavъcě *čavъky

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ча́вка (čávka)
    • Macedonian: ча́вка (čávka)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ча̑вка
      Latin script: čȃvka
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čavъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 31
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