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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/starica
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *starъ + *-ica.
Noun
*starica f
- old woman
Inflection
Declension of *starica (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *starica | *starici | *staricę̇ |
| Accusative | *staricǫ | *starici | *staricę̇ |
| Genitive | *staricę̇ | *staricu | *staricь |
| Locative | *starici | *staricu | *staricasъ, *staricaxъ* |
| Dative | *starici | *staricama | *staricamъ |
| Instrumental | *staricejǫ, *staricǫ** | *staricama | *staricami |
| Vocative | *starice | *starici | *staricę̇ |
* -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:
- Russian: ста́рица (stárica)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: стари́ца (staríca)
- Macedonian: старица (starica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ста̏рица
- Latin: stȁrica
- Slovene: staríca (tonal orthography)