Reconstruction:Old Novgorodian/кѣвъка
Old Novgorodian
Etymology
Expected reflex of Proto-Slavic *cěvъka (from an earlier pre-palatalized form *kěvъka). By surface analysis, *кѣвь (*kěvĭ) + -ъка (-ŭka).
Reconstructed based on the dialectal Russian ке́вка (kévka, “spool, bobbin”)[1] and also кево́к m (kevók, “flail handle”)[2], originating from Old Novgorodian and Old Pskovian, where the most important feature was the absence of the second palatalization of the velar *k, *g, *x in the position before *ě and *i, which were only softened to [kʲ], [ɡʲ], [xʲ].[3] Compare with Old East Slavic цѣвъка (cěvŭka), Russian це́вка (cévka).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: *кѣ‧въ‧ка
Noun
*кѣвъка • (*kěvŭka) f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *кѣвъка *kěvŭka |
*кѣвъкѣ *kěvŭkě |
*кѣвъкѣ *kěvŭkě |
| genitive | *кѣвъкѣ *kěvŭkě |
*кѣвъкоу *kěvŭku |
*кѣвъкъ *kěvŭkŭ |
| dative | *кѣвъкѣ *kěvŭkě |
*кѣвъкама *kěvŭkama |
*кѣвъкамъ *kěvŭkamŭ |
| accusative | *кѣвъкѫ *kěvŭkǫ |
*кѣвъкѣ *kěvŭkě |
*кѣвъкѣ *kěvŭkě |
| instrumental | *кѣвъкоѭ *kěvŭkojǫ |
*кѣвъкама *kěvŭkama |
*кѣвъками *kěvŭkami |
| locative | *кѣвъкѣ *kěvŭkě |
*кѣвъкоу *kěvŭku |
*кѣвъкахъ *kěvŭkaxŭ |
| vocative | *кѣвъко *kěvŭko |
*кѣвъкѣ *kěvŭkě |
*кѣвъкѣ *kěvŭkě |
Descendants
- → Russian: ке́вка (kévka) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Russian: кево́к m (kevók) (dialectal)
References
- ^ SP, vol. 2, page 85: “cěvъka (kěvъka)”, “ке́вка”
- ^ SP, vol. 2, page 85‒86: “cěvь (kěvь)”, page 86: “кевь (: кево́к)”
- ^ DND2, §2.7 page 41‒45