Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ręsьnica

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

Diminutive form of *ręsa.

Noun

*ręsьnica f

  1. eyelash

Inflection

Declension of *ręsьnica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ręsьnica *ręsьnici *ręsьnicę̇
genitive *ręsьnicę̇ *ręsьnicu *ręsьnicь
dative *ręsьnici *ręsьnicama *ręsьnicamъ
accusative *ręsьnicǫ *ręsьnici *ręsьnicę̇
instrumental *ręsьnicejǫ, *ręsьnicǫ** *ręsьnicama *ręsьnicami
locative *ręsьnici *ręsьnicu *ręsьnicasъ, *ręsьnicaxъ*
vocative *ręsьnice *ręsьnici *ręsьnicę̇

* -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: рѧсница (ręsnica)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: рѧсница (ręsnica)
    • Bulgarian: реснѝца (resnìca)
    • Slovene: rẹ̑snica (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: řasnice

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ресни́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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