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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cica
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
*cica f
- Alternative form of *cicь
Declension
Declension of *cica (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *cica | *cici | *cicę̇ |
| Accusative | *cicǫ | *cici | *cicę̇ |
| Genitive | *cicę̇ | *cicu | *cicь |
| Locative | *cici | *cicu | *cicasъ, *cicaxъ* |
| Dative | *cici | *cicama | *cicamъ |
| Instrumental | *cicejǫ, *cicǫ** | *cicama | *cicami |
| Vocative | *cice | *cici | *cicę̇ |
* -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).
** 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: цы́ца (cýca) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ци́ця (cýcja)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ци́ца (cíca)
- Macedonian: цица (cica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ци̏ца
- Latin: cȉca
- West Slavic:
- Slovak: cica (dialectal)
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “циця”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 255