Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čapľa

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 earlier *čapja, from *čapati, thus originally meaning "grabber".

Noun

*čapľa f

  1. heron

Declension

Declension of *čapľa (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *čapľa *čapľi *čapľę̇
genitive *čapľę̇ *čapľu *čapľь
dative *čapľi *čapľama *čapľamъ
accusative *čapľǫ *čapľi *čapľę̇
instrumental *čapľejǫ, *čapľǫ** *čapľama *čapľami
locative *čapľi *čapľu *čapľasъ, *čapľaxъ*
vocative *čapľe *čapľi *čapľę̇

* -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) “цапля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čapja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 19
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čapľa”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 111
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