Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lisičьka

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

From *lisica +‎ *-ьka

Noun

*lisi̋čьka f^[1]

diminutive of *lisica (“fox”)

Inflection

Declension of *lisičьka (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lisičьka	*lisičьcě	*lisičьky
genitive	*lisičьky	*lisičьku	*lisičьkъ
dative	*lisičьcě	*lisičьkama	*lisičьkamъ
accusative	*lisičьkǫ	*lisičьcě	*lisičьky
instrumental	lisičьkojǫ, lisičьkǫ^**	*lisičьkama	*lisičьkami
locative	*lisičьcě	*lisičьku	lisičьkasъ, lisičьkaxъ^*
vocative	*lisičьko	*lisičьcě	*lisičьky

^* -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: *лисичька (*lisičĭka)
  - Old Ruthenian: *лиси́чка (*lisíčka)
    - Belarusian: лісі́цка (lisícka) (dialectal)
    - Ukrainian: лиси́чка (lysýčka)
  - Russian: лиси́чка (lisíčka)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Bulgarian: лиси́чка (lisíčka)
- Slovene: lisíčka (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Polish: lisiczka (dialectal)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lisičьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 142

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lisičьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 142

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