Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gajьka

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 *gajiti (“to fence, enclose”) +‎ *-ьka.

Noun

*gajьka f

that which connects; connector
that which serves to prohibit

Inflection

Declension of *gajьka (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*gajьka	*gajьcě	*gajьky
Accusative	*gajьkǫ	*gajьcě	*gajьky
Genitive	*gajьky	*gajьku	*gajьkъ
Locative	*gajьcě	*gajьku	gajьkasъ, gajьkaxъ^*
Dative	*gajьcě	*gajьkama	*gajьkamъ
Instrumental	gajьkojǫ, gajьkǫ^**	*gajьkama	*gajьkami
Vocative	*gajьko	*gajьcě	*gajьky

^* -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:
- Middle Russian: га́йка (gájka) (17ᵗʰ cent.)
  - Russian: га́йка (gájka) (see there for further descendants)
    - → Bulgarian: га́йка (gájka)
  - → Old Ruthenian: га́йка (hájka) (18ᵗʰ cent.)
    - Belarusian: га́йка (hájka)
    - Ukrainian: га́йка (hájka)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin: gȃjka
  
  Cyrillic: га̑јка
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hajky pl
  - Czech: hajka f (dialectal)

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