Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopanica

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 *kopanь (“digging”) +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*kopanica f

  1. engraving
    Synonym: *rězьba
  2. ditch

Declension

Declension of *kopanica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kopanica *kopanici *kopanicę̇
genitive *kopanicę̇ *kopanicu *kopanicь
dative *kopanici *kopanicama *kopanicamъ
accusative *kopanicǫ *kopanici *kopanicę̇
instrumental *kopanicejǫ, *kopanicǫ** *kopanicama *kopanicami
locative *kopanici *kopanicu *kopanicasъ, *kopanicaxъ*
vocative *kopanice *kopanici *kopanicę̇

* -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: капані́ца (kapaníca)
    • Russian: копани́ца (kopaníca) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: копани́ця (kopanýcja)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kopanica (“heap”) (dialectal)
    • Slovak: Kopaňice (plural, in toponyms)
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopanica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 14
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