Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/omъča

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 *o(b)- + *mъťi + *-ja.

Noun

*omъča f

  1. noose

Inflection

Declension of *omъča (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *omъča *omъči *omъčę̇
genitive *omъčę̇ *omъču *omъčь
dative *omъči *omъčama *omъčamъ
accusative *omъčǫ *omъči *omъčę̇
instrumental *omъčejǫ, *omъčǫ** *omъčama *omъčami
locative *omъči *omъču *omъčasъ, *omъčaxъ*
vocative *omъče *omъči *omъčę̇

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: о̑мча
      Latin script: ȏmča

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obmъča”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 90
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