Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/konьčina

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 *konьcь (“end”) +‎ *-ina (“collective suffix”).

Noun

*konьčina f

  1. end
  2. death

Inflection

Declension of *konьčina (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *konьčina *konьčině *konьčiny
genitive *konьčiny *konьčinu *konьčinъ
dative *konьčině *konьčinama *konьčinamъ
accusative *konьčinǫ *konьčině *konьčiny
instrumental *konьčinojǫ, *konьčinǫ** *konьčinama *konьčinami
locative *konьčině *konьčinu *konьčinasъ, *konьčinaxъ*
vocative *konьčino *konьčině *konьčiny

* -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: коньчина (konĭčina)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: коньчина (konĭčina)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱁⱀⱐⱍⰻⱀⰰ (konĭčina)
    • Bulgarian: кончи́на (končína) (literary)
    • Macedonian: кончина (končina) (obsolete)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ко̀нчѝна (obsolete)
      Latin script: kònčìna (obsolete)
    • Slovene: končína (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: končina
      • Czech: končina; končiny pl (dialectal)
    • Polabian: ťaincaińǎ
    • Polish: kończyna
    • Slovak: končina; koňčina (dialectal, obsolete)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*konьčina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 7
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