Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pričina

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

    Deverbal from *pričiniti, from *činiti.

    Noun

    *pričina f

    1. cause, reason

    Declension

    Declension of *pričina (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *pričina *pričině *pričiny
    genitive *pričiny *pričinu *pričinъ
    dative *pričině *pričinama *pričinamъ
    accusative *pričinǫ *pričině *pričiny
    instrumental *pričinojǫ, *pričinǫ** *pričinama *pričinami
    locative *pričině *pričinu *pričinasъ, *pričinaxъ*
    vocative *pričino *pričině *pričiny

    * -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

    Further reading

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