Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/palica

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

Noun

*palica f

stick
staff

Declension

Declension of *palica (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*palica	*palici	*palicę̇
Accusative	*palicǫ	*palici	*palicę̇
Genitive	*palicę̇	*palicu	*palicь
Locative	*palici	*palicu	palicasъ, palicaxъ^*
Dative	*palici	*palicama	*palicamъ
Instrumental	palicejǫ, palicǫ^**	*palicama	*palicami
Vocative	*palice	*palici	*palicę̇

^* -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: [Term?]
  - Belarusian: палі́ца (palíca)
  - Russian: па́лица (pálica)
  - Ukrainian: палиця (palycja)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: [Term?]
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: [Term?]
- Macedonian: [Term?]
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: [Term?]
  
  Latin: [Term?]
- Slovene: palica

West Slavic:
- Czech: palice
- Polish: [Term?]
- Slovak: palica

References

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