Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agodica

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agodica

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 *àgoda (“berry”) +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*agodica f[1]

1. (East and South Slavic, figuratively) cheek

   Synonyms: *līcè, *olnita

Inflection

Declension of *agodica (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*agodica	*agodici	*agodicę̇
Accusative	*agodicǫ	*agodici	*agodicę̇
Genitive	*agodicę̇	*agodicu	*agodicь
Locative	*agodici	*agodicu	*agodicasъ, *agodicaxъ*
Dative	*agodici	*agodicama	*agodicamъ
Instrumental	*agodicejǫ, *agodicǫ**	*agodicama	*agodicami
Vocative	*agodice	*agodici	*agodicę̇

^* -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).

Related terms

nouns

• *agodina f (“berry”)
• *agodišče n (“place where the berries grow”)
• *agodьje n (“berries”)
• *agodьnica f
• *agodьnikъ m

 

adjectives

• *agodьnъ (“pertaining to berry, of berry”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: я́гадзіца (jáhadzica)
  • Russian: я́годица (jágodica)
  • ⇒ Russian: я́годница (jágodnica) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: јагодица (jagodica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin: jȁgodica

    Cyrillic: ја̏годица

References

1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agodica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 59