Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čajьka

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

Etymology

From *čaja +‎ *-ьka. The theory that it is from *čajьka (“biding, chasing”), from *čajati/*čajiti, is unlikely.

Noun

*čajьka f

1. gull

Declension

Declension of *čajьka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čajьka	*čajьcě	*čajьky
genitive	*čajьky	*čajьku	*čajьkъ
dative	*čajьcě	*čajьkama	*čajьkamъ
accusative	*čajьkǫ	*čajьcě	*čajьky
instrumental	*čajьkojǫ, *čajьkǫ**	*čajьkama	*čajьkami
locative	*čajьcě	*čajьku	*čajьkasъ, *čajьkaxъ*
vocative	*čajьko	*čajьcě	*čajьky

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: ча́йка (čájka)
    • Belarusian: ча́йка (čájka)
    • Ukrainian: ча́йка (čájka)
  • Russian: ча́йка (čájka)
    • → Bezhta: чайка (čajka)
    • → Southern Yukaghir: чайка (čajka)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ча́йка (čájka)
  • Macedonian: чајка (čajka)
  • Slovene: čájka
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čějka, čajka
    • Czech: čejka (“lapwing”)
  • Polish: czajka (“lapwing”)
  • Slovak: čajka

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чайка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čajьka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 11