Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kapъka

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 *kapati (v.), *kapъ (n.) +‎ *-ъka, with *kapъ itself being onomatopoetic.

Noun

*kàpъka f

  1. droplet

Declension

Declension of *kàpъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *kàpъka *kàpъcě *kàpъky
genitive *kàpъky *kàpъku *kàpъkъ
dative *kàpъcě *kàpъkama *kàpъkamъ
accusative *kàpъkǫ *kàpъcě *kàpъky
instrumental *kàpъkojǫ, *kàpъkǭ** *kàpъkama *kàpъkamī
locative *kàpъcě *kàpъku *kàpъkasъ, *kàpъkaxъ*
vocative *kàpъko *kàpъcě *kàpъky

* -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: ка́пка (kápka)
    • Russian: ка́пка (kápka)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ка́пка (kápka)
    • Ukrainian: ка́пка (kápka)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ка̀пка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 221
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