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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gajьka
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *gajiti (“to fence, enclose”) + *-ьka.
Noun
*gajьka f
- that which connects; connector
- that which serves to prohibit
Inflection
Declension of *gajьka (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *gajьka | *gajьcě | *gajьky |
| Accusative | *gajьkǫ | *gajьcě | *gajьky |
| Genitive | *gajьky | *gajьku | *gajьkъ |
| Locative | *gajьcě | *gajьku | *gajьkasъ, *gajьkaxъ* |
| Dative | *gajьcě | *gajьkama | *gajьkamъ |
| Instrumental | *gajьkojǫ, *gajьkǫ** | *gajьkama | *gajьkami |
| Vocative | *gajьko | *gajьcě | *gajьky |
* -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:
- Middle Russian: га́йка (gájka) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
- Russian: га́йка (gájka) (see there for further descendants)
- → Bulgarian: га́йка (gájka)
- → Old Ruthenian: га́йка (hájka) (18ᵗʰ cent.)
- Belarusian: га́йка (hájka)
- Ukrainian: га́йка (hájka)
- Russian: га́йка (gájka) (see there for further descendants)
- Middle Russian: га́йка (gájka) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: gȃjka
- Cyrillic: га̑јка
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hajky pl
- Czech: hajka f (dialectal)
- Old Czech: hajky pl
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gajьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 86
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1995), “gajьka”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 7 (ga – gobьdzь), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 30
- Anikin, A. E. (2015), “га́йка I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 9 (врандовать – галоп), Moscow: V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 323
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “га́йка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “га́йка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 453
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “га́йка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “га́йка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 225