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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sojьka
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Diminutive of *soja + *-ъka.
Noun
*sòjьka f
- Alternative form of *soja
Declension
Declension of *sojьka (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *sojьka | *sojьcě | *sojьky |
Accusative | *sojьkǫ | *sojьcě | *sojьky |
Genitive | *sojьky | *sojьku | *sojьkъ |
Locative | *sojьcě | *sojьku | *sojьkasъ, *sojьkaxъ* |
Dative | *sojьcě | *sojьkama | *sojьkamъ |
Instrumental | *sojьkojǫ, *sojьkǫ** | *sojьkama | *sojьkami |
Vocative | *sojьko | *sojьcě | *sojьky |
* -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).
Derived terms
- *obsojьka (“jay”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: со́йка (sójka)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: со́йка (sójka), dial. осо́йка (osójka)
- → Romanian: zaică
- Macedonian: сојка (sojka), dial. осојка (osojka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: со̑јка, шо̑јка, dial. осојка
- Latin: sȏjka, šȏjka, dial. osojka
- Bulgarian: со́йка (sójka), dial. осо́йка (osójka)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sojka
- Czech: sojka
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): sojka
- Czech: sojka
- Kashubian: sójka
- Old Polish: sojka
- Polish: sójka
- Slovak: sojka
- Old Czech: sojka
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “соя”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obsojьka II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 253
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “сойка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 286