Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ače

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

Univerbation of *a +‎ *če.

Particle

*ače[1][2]

  1. there it is, there it is

Conjunction

*ače[1][2]

  1. if, although

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: аче (ače)
      • Old Ruthenian:
        • Belarusian: ач () (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: ач́ (ač́)
      • Russian: а́че (áče), ач ()
    • Old Novgorodian: аче (aće)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: обаче (obače)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (Old Serbian)
      Latin script: ače
      Cyrillic script: аче
    • Slovene: àče (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech:
    • Kashubian: acz
    • Old Polish: acz
    • Slovak:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: ac (obsolete)
      • Upper Sorbian: hač; (dated)

Further reading

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “ače”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 148
  2. 2.0 2.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a če/*a či”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 35