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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/opsika
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
From *opsa + *-ika.
Declension
    
Declension of *opsika (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *opsika | *opsicě | *opsiky | 
| genitive | *opsiky | *opsiku | *opsikъ | 
| dative | *opsicě | *opsikama | *opsikamъ | 
| accusative | *opsikǫ | *opsicě | *opsiky | 
| instrumental | *opsikojǫ, *opsikǫ** | *opsikama | *opsikami | 
| locative | *opsicě | *opsiku | *opsikasъ, *opsikaxъ* | 
| vocative | *opsiko | *opsicě | *opsiky | 
* -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
    
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
    
- Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*opsika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 94
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