Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pasěka

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *pa- +‎ *sěkti +‎ *-a.

Noun

*pasěka f

  1. apiary
  2. glade, clearing

Declension

Declension of *pasěka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pasěka *pasěcě *pasěky
genitive *pasěky *pasěku *pasěkъ
dative *pasěcě *pasěkama *pasěkamъ
accusative *pasěkǫ *pasěcě *pasěky
instrumental *pasěkojǫ, *pasěkǫ** *pasěkama *pasěkami
locative *pasěcě *pasěku *pasěkasъ, *pasěkaxъ*
vocative *pasěko *pasěcě *pasěky

* -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: па́сѣка (pásěka)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пасјека, пасека, пасика
      Latin script: pasjeka, paseka, pasika
    • Slovene: pàseka, pàsika
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: pasěka
    • Old Polish: pasieka
      • Polish: pasieka; pašeka (dialectal)
    • Old Slovak: paseka
    • Slovincian: pasėka
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: pasyki pl

Further reading

  • Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2018), “*pasěka / *pasěkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 41 (*pala – *pažьnъ(јь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 159