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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xolъka
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *xòliti + *-ъka.
Noun
*xòlъka f
- withers
Inflection
Declension of *ženъka (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ženъka | *ženъcě | *ženъky |
| Accusative | *ženъkǫ | *ženъcě | *ženъky |
| Genitive | *ženъky | *ženъku | *ženъkъ |
| Locative | *ženъcě | *ženъku | *ženъkasъ, *ženъkaxъ* |
| Dative | *ženъcě | *ženъkama | *ženъkamъ |
| Instrumental | *ženъkojǫ, *ženъkǫ** | *ženъkama | *ženъkami |
| Vocative | *ženъko | *ženъcě | *ženъky |
* -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).
Related terms
- *xoxolъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: хо́лка (xólka) (dialectal)
- Middle Russian: хо́лка (xólka) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
- Russian: хо́лка (xólka)
- Ukrainian: хо́лка (xólka)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xolъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 66
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хо́лка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 195
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “хо́лка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress