Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rěčь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *rekti +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*rě̑čь f

speech

Inflection

Declension of *rě̑čь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*rě̑čь	*rě̑či	*rě̑či
Accusative	*rě̑čь	*rě̑či	*rě̑či
Genitive	*rěčí	rěčьjù, rěču^*	*rěčь̀jь
Locative	*rěčí	rěčьjù, rěču^*	*rě̑čьxъ
Dative	*rě̑či	*rěčьmà	*rě̑čьmъ
Instrumental	*rěčьjǫ́	*rěčьmà	*rěčьmì
Vocative	*rěči	*rě̑či	*rě̑či

^* 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 East Slavic: рѣчь (rěčĭ)
- Belarusian: рэч (reč)
- Russian: речь (rečʹ)
- Ukrainian: річ (rič)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: рѣчь (rěčĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱃⱑⱍⱐ (rěčĭ)
- Bulgarian: реч (reč)
- Macedonian: реч (reč)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ри̏јеч
  
  Latin: rȉječ
- Slovene: reč
West Slavic:
- Czech: řeč
- Polish: rzecz
- Slovak: reč
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: rěc
  - Upper Sorbian: rěč

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*rě̑čь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “речь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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