Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kučьka

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

Possibly, of onomatopoeic provenance.

Noun

*kučьka f[1]

  1. bitch (female dog)

Declension

Declension of *kučьka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kučьka *kučьcě *kučьky
genitive *kučьky *kučьku *kučьkъ
dative *kučьcě *kučьkama *kučьkamъ
accusative *kučьkǫ *kučьcě *kučьky
instrumental *kučьkojǫ, *kučьkǫ** *kučьkama *kučьkami
locative *kučьcě *kučьku *kučьkasъ, *kučьkaxъ*
vocative *kučьko *kučьcě *kučьky

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: коучька (kučĭka)
    • Bulgarian: ку́чка (kúčka)
    • Macedonian: кучка (kučka)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ку̏чка
      Latin script: kȕčka
    • Slovene: kȗčka (tonal orthography)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kučьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 81
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