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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nicь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nih₃kʷo-, from *(h₁)ni- (“down”), from *h₁én. Cognate with Sanskrit नीच (nīcá).
Adjective
*nĩcь[1][2]
- lying face downwards
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *nicь (soft)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *nicь | *nica | *nice |
| Accusative | *nicь | *nicǫ | *nice |
| Genitive | *nica | *nicę | *nica |
| Locative | *nici | *nici | *nici |
| Dative | *nicu | *nici | *nicu |
| Instrumental | *nicemь | *nicejǫ | *nicemь |
| Vocative | *niče | *nice | *nice |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *nica | *nici | *nici |
| Accusative | *nica | *nici | *nici |
| Genitive | *nicu | *nicu | *nicu |
| Locative | *nicu | *nicu | *nicu |
| Dative | *nicema | *nicama | *nicema |
| Instrumental | *nicema | *nicama | *nicema |
| Vocative | *nica | *nici | *nici |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *nici | *nicę | *nica |
| Accusative | *nicę | *nicę | *nica |
| Genitive | *nicь | *nicь | *nicь |
| Locative | *nicixъ | *nicaxъ | *nicixъ |
| Dative | *nicemъ | *nicamъ | *nicemъ |
| Instrumental | *nici | *nicami | *nici |
| Vocative | *nici | *nicę | *nica |
Definite declension of *nicь (soft)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *nicьjь | *nicaja | *niceje |
| Accusative | *nicьjь | *nicǫjǫ | *niceje |
| Genitive | *nicajego | *nicęję | *nicajego |
| Locative | *nicijemь | *niciji | *nicijemь |
| Dative | *nicujemu | *niciji | *nicujemu |
| Instrumental | *nicijimi | *nicǫjǫ | *nicijimi |
| Vocative | *nicьjь | *nicaja | *niceje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *nicaja | *niciji | *niciji |
| Accusative | *nicaja | *niciji | *niciji |
| Genitive | *nicuju | *nicuju | *nicuju |
| Locative | *nicuju | *nicuju | *nicuju |
| Dative | *nicijima | *nicijima | *nicijima |
| Instrumental | *nicijima | *nicijima | *nicijima |
| Vocative | *nicaja | *niciji | *niciji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *niciji | *nicęję | *nicaja |
| Accusative | *nicęję | *nicęję | *nicaja |
| Genitive | *nicьjixъ | *nicьjixъ | *nicьjixъ |
| Locative | *nicijixъ | *nicijixъ | *nicijixъ |
| Dative | *nicijimъ | *nicijimъ | *nicijimъ |
| Instrumental | *nicijimi | *nicijimi | *nicijimi |
| Vocative | *niciji | *nicęję | *nicaja |
Related terms
- *nicati, *nikati
- *ničati
- *niknǫti
- *nizъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ниць (nicĭ)
- Belarusian: ніц (nic), ніцма (nicma)
- Russian: ниц (nic)
- Ukrainian: ниць (nycʹ)
- Old East Slavic: ниць (nicĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: ниць (nicĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱀⰻⱌⱐ (nicĭ)
- Bulgarian: ни́цом (nícom) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: ничкум (ničkum) (secondary)
- ⇒ Slovene: vnȋc (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: nicí
- Czech: nicí (obsolete)
- Old Czech: nicí
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ниц”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nicь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352: “adj. jo ‘lying face downwards’”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “nȋc”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *nicь̏”