Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korľica

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 *korľь +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*korľica f

  1. queen
  2. princess

Inflection

Declension of *korľica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *korľica *korľici *korľicę̇
genitive *korľicę̇ *korľicu *korľicь
dative *korľici *korľicama *korľicamъ
accusative *korľicǫ *korľici *korľicę̇
instrumental *korľicejǫ, *korľicǫ** *korľicama *korľicami
locative *korľici *korľicu *korľicasъ, *korľicaxъ*
vocative *korľice *korľici *korľicę̇

* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: королица (korolica)
      • Russian: короли́ца (korolíca)
      • Middle Ukrainian: королиця (korolycja)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: Kralice
    • Slovak: králica (archaic, poetic)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korlica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 81
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