Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polica

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

Related to *polъ (“flank”) or *polti (“to twine”) +‎ *-ica, possibly originally meaning “plank, beam”. Could be further akin to Latvian spals (“handle, shaft”).

Noun

*polica f[1]

  1. shelf, ledge (a board providing surface for storing or displaying objects)

Alternative forms

Inflection

Declension of *polica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *polica *polici *policę̇
genitive *policę̇ *policu *policь
dative *polici *policama *policamъ
accusative *policǫ *polici *policę̇
instrumental *policejǫ, *policǫ** *policama *policami
locative *polici *policu *policasъ, *policaxъ*
vocative *police *polici *policę̇

* -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).

nouns

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: полица (polica)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поли́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “поли́ца”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 500

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “polica¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *poli̋ca”
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