Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dětьca

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

*dětь (“child”) +‎ *-ьca

Noun

*dětьca f

(collective) children

Declension

Declension of *dětьca (soft a-stem, uncountable)

	Singular
Nominative	*dětьca
Accusative	*dětьcǫ
Genitive	*dětьcę̇
Locative	*dětьci
Dative	*dětьci
Instrumental	dětьcejǫ, dětьcǫ^**
Vocative	*dětьce

^* -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:
- Bulgarian: деца́ (decá)
- Macedonian: деца (deca)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: дѐца, дјѐца
  Latin: dèca, djèca
- Slovene: déca