Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xъrtica

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 *xъrtъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*xъrtica f[1]

  1. female hound

Declension

Declension of *xъrtica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xъrtica *xъrtici *xъrticę̇
genitive *xъrticę̇ *xъrticu *xъrticь
dative *xъrtici *xъrticama *xъrticamъ
accusative *xъrticǫ *xъrtici *xъrticę̇
instrumental *xъrticejǫ, *xъrticǫ** *xъrticama *xъrticami
locative *xъrtici *xъrticu *xъrticasъ, *xъrticaxъ*
vocative *xъrtice *xъrtici *xъrticę̇

* -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: хъртица (xŭrtica)
      • Old Ruthenian: *хортица (*xortica)
      • Russian: хо́ртица (xórtica) (archaic)
      • Old East Slavic: Хъртица (Xŭrtica) (toponym)
        • Old Ruthenian: Хо́ртица (Xórtica)
          • Belarusian: Хорціца (Xórcica), Хортыца (Xórtyca)
          • Ukrainian: Хо́ртиця (Xórtycja)
        • Russian: Хо́ртица (Xórtica)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Bulgarian: хръ́ти́ца (hrǎ́tíca)
      • Macedonian: 'ртица ('rtica)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: хр̏тица
      Latin script: hȑtica
    • Slovene: hrtíca (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xъrtica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 149