Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuča

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

A -jā stem derivative of *kuka.

Noun

*kùča f[1][2]

  1. heap

Inflection

Declension of *kùča (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *kùča *kùči *kùčę̇
genitive *kùčę̇ *kùču *kùčь
dative *kùčī *kùčama *kùčāmъ
accusative *kùčǫ *kùči *kùčę̇
instrumental *kùčējǫ, *kùčǭ* *kùčama *kùčāmī
locative *kùčī *kùču *kùčāsъ
vocative *kùče *kùči *kùčę̇

* 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:
    • Belarusian: ку́ча (kúča)
    • Russian: ку́ча (kúča)
    • Ukrainian: ку́ча (kúča)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kučе
    • Polish: kusza (archaic, dialectal)
    • Slovincian: kucza

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ку́ча”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kuča”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254:f. jā ‘heap’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “kuča”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (RPT 108f.)