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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščelina
Proto-Slavic
    
    
Inflection
    
Declension of *ščelina (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ščelina | *ščelině | *ščeliny | 
| genitive | *ščeliny | *ščelinu | *ščelinъ | 
| dative | *ščelině | *ščelinama | *ščelinamъ | 
| accusative | *ščelinǫ | *ščelině | *ščeliny | 
| instrumental | *ščelinojǫ, *ščelinǫ** | *ščelinama | *ščelinami | 
| locative | *ščelině | *ščelinu | *ščelinasъ, *ščelinaxъ* | 
| vocative | *ščelino | *ščelině | *ščeliny | 
* -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).
Related terms
    
- *ščelьje (“rocky coastline, shore”)
 - *ščelьnъ, *ščelevъ (“cracked”)
 - *ščelistъ, *ščelęstъ (“cloven, cleft”)
 
Descendants
    
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: шчы́ліна (ščýlina)
 - ⇒ Russian: расще́лина (rasščélina)
 - Ukrainian: щі́лина (ščílyna), щіли́на (ščilýna)
 
 - West Slavic:
- Czech: štelina
 - Polish: szczelina
 
 
Further reading
    
- щілина in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
 
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