Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščelina

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

*ščelь (“crack, fracture”) +‎ *-ina

Noun

*ščelina f

aperture, crevice, fissure

Inflection

Declension of *ščelina (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ščelina	*ščelině	*ščeliny
Accusative	*ščelinǫ	*ščelině	*ščeliny
Genitive	*ščeliny	*ščelinu	*ščelinъ
Locative	*ščelině	*ščelinu	ščelinasъ, ščelinaxъ^*
Dative	*ščelině	*ščelinama	*ščelinamъ
Instrumental	ščelinojǫ, ščelinǫ^**	*ščelinama	*ščelinami
Vocative	*ščelino	*ščelině	*ščeliny

^* -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).

Related terms

*ščelьje (“rocky coastline, shore”)
*ščelьnъ, *ščelevъ (“cracked”)
*ščelistъ, *ščelęstъ (“cloven, cleft”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: шчы́ліна (ščýlina)
- ⇒ Russian: расще́лина (rasščélina)
- Ukrainian: щі́лина (ščílyna), щели́на (ščelýna)
West Slavic:
- Czech: štelina
- Polish: szczelina