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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slověnъka
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
From *slověninъ + *-ъka.
Noun
    
*slověnъka f (masculine *slověninъ)[1][2][3] needs accents
- female equivalent of *slověninъ (“Slav”)
 
Declension
    
Declension of *slověnъka (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *slověnъka | *slověnъcě | *slověnъky | 
| genitive | *slověnъky | *slověnъku | *slověnъkъ | 
| dative | *slověnъcě | *slověnъkama | *slověnъkamъ | 
| accusative | *slověnъkǫ | *slověnъcě | *slověnъky | 
| instrumental | *slověnъkojǫ, *slověnъkǫ** | *slověnъkama | *slověnъkami | 
| locative | *slověnъcě | *slověnъku | *slověnъkasъ, *slověnъkaxъ* | 
| vocative | *slověnъko | *slověnъcě | *slověnъky | 
* -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:
- Old East Slavic: *словѣнъка (*slověnŭka)
- Old Ruthenian: *словꙗ́нка (*slovjánka)
- Belarusian: славя́нка (slavjánka)
 - Carpathian Rusyn: Славя́нка (Slavjánka)
 - Ukrainian: слов'я́нка (slovʺjánka)
 
 - Russian: славя́нка (slavjánka)
 
 - Old Ruthenian: *словꙗ́нка (*slovjánka)
 
 - Old East Slavic: *словѣнъка (*slověnŭka)
 - South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: славя́нка (slavjánka)
 - Macedonian: Словенка (Slovenka)
 - Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: Сло̀ве̄нка, Сла̀ве̄нка
 - Latin script: Slòvēnka, Slàvēnka
 
 - Slovene: Slovánka
 
 - West Slavic:
 
References
    
- Słowianka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
 - Selishchev, Afanasy (2009) Славянское языкознание: западнославянские языки, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 28
 - Трубачёв, Олег Николаевич (a. 2002) Этногенез и культура древнейших славян (in Russian), Moscow: Наука, published 2003, →ISBN, page 335
 
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