дъци
Old Novgorodian
Alternative forms
- тъци (tŭcʹi)
- доци (docʹi) — Late Old Novgorodian
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *dʰugh₂tḗr |
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъ̏ťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”). First attested in c. 1200‒1220.
Cognate with Old East Slavic дъчи (dŭči), Old Church Slavonic дъщи (dŭšti).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: дъ‧ци
Noun
дъци • (dŭcʹi) f
- daughter
- c. 1200‒1220, Schaeken, Jos (2019), Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 531 [Birchbark letter no. 531][2], Novgorod:
- … а нꙑне иꙁвета емоу людеми како еси воꙁложило пороукоу на мою сестроу и на доцерь еи наꙁовало еси сьтроу мою коровою и доцере блѧдею а нꙑнеца ѳедо прьехаво оуслꙑшаво то слово и вꙑгонало сетроу мою и хотело потѧти …
- … a nyne izveta jemu ljudemi kako jesi vozložilo poruku na moju sestru i na docʹjerĭ jei nazovalo jesi sĭtru moju korovoju i docʹjere blędeju a nynecʹa θedo prĭjexavo uslyšavo to slovo i vygonalo setru moju i xotelo potęti …
- Declare to him before witnesses, “When you placed a surety-bond on my sister and on her daughter, you called my sister a slut and (her) daughter a whore. Then Fed (i.e., Fedor), when he arrived and heard about that statement, drove my sister out and was near to killing her.”
- c. 1380‒1400, Schaeken, Jos (2019), Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 40 [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 40][4], Staraya Russa:
- … поідите в городъ к сеі недили давати ми доци а сестри моѥі приставницать …
- … poidite v gorodŭ k sei nedili davati mi docʹi a sestri mojei pristavnicʹatĭ …
- Come to the city before this Sunday. I am to give my daughter (in marriage), and my sister should be an attendant.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | дъци dŭci |
дъцери dŭceri |
дъцери dŭceri |
| genitive | дъцере dŭcere |
дъцероу dŭceru |
дъцеръ dŭcerŭ |
| dative | дъцери dŭceri |
дъцерьма dŭcerĭma |
дъцерьмъ dŭcerĭmŭ |
| accusative | дъцерь dŭcerĭ |
дъцери dŭceri |
дъцери dŭceri |
| instrumental | дъцерьѭ dŭcerĭjǫ |
дъцерьма dŭcerĭma |
дъцерьми dŭcerĭmi |
| locative | дъцере dŭcere |
дъцероу dŭceru |
дъцерьхъ dŭcerĭxŭ |
| vocative | дъци dŭci |
дъцери dŭceri |
дъцери dŭceri |
Descendants
- → Russian: доци́ (docí) (dialectal)
See also
Old Novgorodian family terms
| роде (rode, “family”) | male | female |
|---|---|---|
| parent | отьць (otĭcʹĭ), батько (batĭko, “father”) | мати (mati, “mother”) |
| sibling | брате (brate, “brother”) | сестра (sestra, “sister”) |
| child | сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”) | дъци (dŭcʹi, “daughter”) |
| grandparent | дѣде (děde, “grandfather”) | баба (baba, “grandmother”) |
| grandchild | въноуке (vŭnuke, “grandson”) | ? (“granddaughter”) |
| stepparent | *отьцимъ (*otĭcʹimŭ, “stepfather”) | *мацеха (*macʹjexa, “stepmother”) |
| parents' sibling | дꙗдꙗ (djadja, “parents' uncle”) стръи (strŷi, “paternal uncle”), *оуи (*ui, “maternal uncle”) |
тетька (tetĭka, “parents' aunt”) |
| spouse | мѫжь (mǫžĭ, “husband”) | жона (žona, “wife”) |
| parent of wife | тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”) | ? (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
| parent of husband | свекре (svekre, “father-in-law (husband's father)”) | ? (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
| spouse of child | ꙁѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
Further reading
- “дчи”, in “Birchbark Letters Corpus”, in Russian National Corpus, https://ruscorpora.ru, 2003–2025
- Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004), Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect][5] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: LRC Publishing House, →ISBN, page 735