Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/okačь

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 *oko (“eye”) +‎ *-ačь.

Noun

*okačь m

1. big-eyed man

   Synonyms: *okanъ, *okaljь

2. sharp-eyed man

Inflection

Declension of *okačь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*okačь	*okača	*okači
genitive	*okača	*okaču	*okačь
dative	*okaču	*okačema	*okačemъ
accusative	*okačь	*okača	*okačę̇
instrumental	*okačьmь, *okačemь*	*okačema	*okači
locative	*okači	*okaču	*okačixъ
vocative	*okaču	*okača	*okači

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *okatъ (“big-eyed; sharp-eyed; cellular”)
• *očatъ (“big-eyed; sharp-eyed”)
• *očitъ (“eyed; apparent”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀ка̄ч
  • Slovene: okáč (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: okáč
  • Slovak: okáč
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wokač
    • Lower Sorbian: wokac

Further reading

• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*okačь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 39