Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žegъzica

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 *žegъza (“cuckoo”) +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*žegъzica f[1][2]

  1. cuckoo

Declension

Declension of *žegъzica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *žegъzica *žegъzici *žegъzicę̇
genitive *žegъzicę̇ *žegъzicu *žegъzicь
dative *žegъzici *žegъzicama *žegъzicamъ
accusative *žegъzicǫ *žegъzici *žegъzicę̇
instrumental *žegъzicejǫ, *žegъzicǫ** *žegъzicama *žegъzicami
locative *žegъzici *žegъzicu *žegъzicasъ, *žegъzicaxъ*
vocative *žegъzice *žegъzici *žegъzicę̇

* -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).

nouns

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: зегъзица (zegŭzica), зогъзица (zogŭzica)
      • Ukrainian: зигзи́ця (zyhzýcja); зегзи́ця (zehzýcja) (dialectal)
      • Russian: зегзи́ца (zegzíca)

References

  1. ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “зозу́ля”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 451
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зегзи́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “зозу́ля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 274
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