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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovьca

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Pre-Slavic *awikāˀ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Noun

*ovьcà f [1]

  1. sheep

Inflection
Declension of *ovьcà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ovьcà *ovь̀ci *ovьcę̇̀
Accusative *ovьcǫ̀ *ovь̀ci *ovьcę̇̀
Genitive *ovьcę̇̀ *ovьcù *ovь̀cь
Locative *ovьcì *ovьcù *ovьcàsъ, *ovьcàxъ*
Dative *ovьcì *ovьcàma *ovьcàmъ
Instrumental *ovьcèjǫ, *ovь̀cǫ** *ovьcàma *ovьcàmī
Vocative *ovьce *ovь̀ci *ovьcę̇̀
* -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).
Declension of *ovьcà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ovьcà *ȍvьci *ȍvьcę̇
Accusative *ȍvьcǫ *ȍvьci *ȍvьcę̇
Genitive *ovьcę̇́ *ovьcù *ovь̀cь
Locative *ȍvьcī *ovьcù *ovьcàsъ, *ovьcàxъ*
Dative *ovьcì *ovьcàma *ovьcàmъ
Instrumental *ovьcejǫ́ *ovьcàma *ovьcàmi
Vocative *ovьce *ȍvьci *ȍvьcę̇
* -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.

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ovьcà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
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