Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kapъka

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 *kapati (v.), *kapъ (n.) +‎ *-ъka, with *kapъ itself being onomatopoetic.

Noun

*kàpъka f

droplet

Declension

Declension of *kàpъka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kàpъka	*kàpъcě	*kàpъky
Accusative	*kàpъkǫ	*kàpъcě	*kàpъky
Genitive	*kàpъky	*kàpъku	*kàpъkъ
Locative	*kàpъcě	*kàpъku	kàpъkasъ, kàpъkaxъ^*
Dative	*kàpъcě	*kàpъkama	*kàpъkamъ
Instrumental	kàpъkojǫ, kàpъkǭ^**	*kàpъkama	*kàpъkamī
Vocative	*kàpъko	*kàpъcě	*kàpъky

^* -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).

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