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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nih₃kʷo-, from *ní (“down”) + *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”). Cognate with Sanskrit नीच (nīcá).
Adjective
*nĩcь[1][2]
- lying face downwards
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *nicь (soft)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*nicь
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*nica
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*nice
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| genitive
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*nica
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*nicę̇
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*nica
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| dative
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*nicu
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*nici
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*nicu
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| accusative
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*nicь
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*nicǫ
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*nice
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| instrumental
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*nicemь
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*nicejǫ
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*nicemь
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| locative
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*nici
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*nici
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*nici
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| vocative
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*niče
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*nice
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*nice
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*nica
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*nici
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*nici
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| genitive
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*nicu
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*nicu
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*nicu
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| dative
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*nicema
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*nicama
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*nicema
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| accusative
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*nica
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*nici
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*nici
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| instrumental
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*nicema
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*nicama
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*nicema
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| locative
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*nicu
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*nicu
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*nicu
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| vocative
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*nica
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*nici
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*nici
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*nici
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*nicę̇
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*nica
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| genitive
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*nicь
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*nicь
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*nicь
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| dative
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*nicemъ
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*nicamъ
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*nicemъ
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| accusative
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*nicę̇
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*nicę̇
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*nica
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| instrumental
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*nici
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*nicami
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*nici
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| locative
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*nicixъ
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*nicaxъ
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*nicixъ
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| vocative
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*nici
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*nicę̇
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*nica
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Definite declension of *nicь (soft)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*nicьjь
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*nicaja
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*niceje
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| genitive
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*nicajego
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*nicę̇ję̇
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*nicajego
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| dative
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*nicujemu
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*niciji
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*nicujemu
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| accusative
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*nicьjь
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*nicǫjǫ
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*niceje
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| instrumental
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*nicijimь
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*nicǫjǫ
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*nicijimь
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| locative
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*nicijemь
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*niciji
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*nicijemь
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| vocative
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*nicьjь
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*nicaja
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*niceje
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
|
| nominative
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*nicaja
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*niciji
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*niciji
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| genitive
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*nicuju
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*nicuju
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*nicuju
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| dative
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*nicijima
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*nicijima
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*nicijima
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| accusative
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*nicaja
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*niciji
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*niciji
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| instrumental
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*nicijima
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*nicijima
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*nicijima
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| locative
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*nicuju
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*nicuju
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*nicuju
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| vocative
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*nicaja
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*niciji
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*niciji
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| plural
|
masculine
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feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
*niciji
|
*nicę̇ję̇
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*nicaja
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| genitive
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*nicьjixъ
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*nicьjixъ
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*nicьjixъ
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| dative
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*nicijimъ
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*nicijimъ
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*nicijimъ
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| accusative
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*nicę̇ję̇
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*nicę̇ję̇
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*nicaja
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| instrumental
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*nicijimi
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*nicijimi
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*nicijimi
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| locative
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*nicijixъ
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*nicijixъ
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*nicijixъ
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| vocative
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*niciji
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*nicę̇ję̇
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*nicaja
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ниць (nicĭ)
- Belarusian: ніц (nic), ніцма (nicma)
- Russian: ниц (nic)
- Ukrainian: ниць (nycʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: ниць (nicĭ)
- Glagolitic script: ⱀⰻⱌⱐ (nicĭ)
- Bulgarian: нѝчком (nìčkom), ни́цом (nícom) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: ничкум (ničkum) (secondary)
- ⇒ Slovene: vnȋc (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ниц”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nicь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352: “adj. jo ‘lying face downwards’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “nȋc”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *nicь̏”