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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okačь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *oko (“eye”) + *-ačь.
Noun
*okačь m
- big-eyed man
- Synonyms: *okanъ, *okaljь
- sharp-eyed man
Inflection
Declension of *okačь (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *okačь | *okača | *okači |
Accusative | *okačь | *okača | *okačę̇ |
Genitive | *okača | *okaču | *okačь |
Locative | *okači | *okaču | *okačixъ |
Dative | *okaču | *okačema | *okačemъ |
Instrumental | *okačьmь, *okačemь* | *okačema | *okači |
Vocative | *okaču | *okača | *okači |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *okatъ (“big-eyed; sharp-eyed; cellular”)
- *očatъ (“big-eyed; sharp-eyed”)
- *očitъ (“eyed; apparent”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: о̀ка̄ч
- Slovene: okáč (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: okáč
- Slovak: okáč
- Slovincian: u̯ókꞷč, vù̶o̶̯ḱȯč
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: wokač
- Lower Sorbian: wokac
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okačь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 39