Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cica

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

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*cica f

  1. alternative form of *cicь (“breast/nipple”)

Declension

Declension of *cica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *cica *cici *cicę̇
genitive *cicę̇ *cicu *cicь
dative *cici *cicama *cicamъ
accusative *cicǫ *cici *cicę̇
instrumental *cicejǫ, *cicǫ** *cicama *cicami
locative *cici *cicu *cicasъ, *cicaxъ*
vocative *cice *cici *cicę̇

* -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:
    • Belarusian: цы́ца (cýca) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: ци́ця (cýcja)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Slovak: cica (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “циця”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 255
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