Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stolica

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 *stolъ +‎ *-ica.

    Noun

    *stolica f

    1. chair, seat (equipment for sitting)
    2. throne (place of sitting for a ruler)

    Inflection

    Declension of *stolica (soft a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *stolica *stolici *stolicę̇
    genitive *stolicę̇ *stolicu *stolicь
    dative *stolici *stolicama *stolicamъ
    accusative *stolicǫ *stolici *stolicę̇
    instrumental *stolicejǫ, *stolicǫ** *stolicama *stolicami
    locative *stolici *stolicu *stolicasъ, *stolicaxъ*
    vocative *stolice *stolici *stolicę̇

    * -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

    • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сто̀лица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 475
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.