Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pričina
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Deverbal from *pričiniti, from *činiti.
Noun
[edit]*pričina f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *pričina (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pričina | *pričině | *pričiny |
| genitive | *pričiny | *pričinu | *pričinъ |
| dative | *pričině | *pričinama | *pričinamъ |
| accusative | *pričinǫ | *pričině | *pričiny |
| instrumental | *pričinojǫ, *pričinǫ** | *pričinama | *pričinami |
| locative | *pričině | *pričinu | *pričinasъ, *pričinaxъ* |
| vocative | *pričino | *pričině | *pričiny |
* -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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic
- → Romanian: pricină
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “причи́на”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress