Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščelina

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

*ščelь (“crack, fracture”) +‎ *-ina

Noun

*ščelina f

  1. aperture, crevice, fissure

Inflection

Declension of *ščelina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ščelina *ščelině *ščeliny
genitive *ščeliny *ščelinu *ščelinъ
dative *ščelině *ščelinama *ščelinamъ
accusative *ščelinǫ *ščelině *ščeliny
instrumental *ščelinojǫ, *ščelinǫ** *ščelinama *ščelinami
locative *ščelině *ščelinu *ščelinasъ, *ščelinaxъ*
vocative *ščelino *ščelině *ščeliny

* -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).

  • *ščelьje (“rocky coastline, shore”)
  • *ščelьnъ, *ščelevъ (“cracked”)
  • *ščelistъ, *ščelęstъ (“cloven, cleft”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: шчы́ліна (ščýlina)
    • ⇒ Russian: расще́лина (rasščélina)
    • Ukrainian: щі́лина (ščílyna), щіли́на (ščilýna)
  • West Slavic:

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