Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ěstva
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *ěsti (“to eat”) + *-tva. Compare Lithuanian ę̄stuve (“place to eat”).
Noun[edit]
*ěstva f
Synonyms[edit]
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *ěstva (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *ěstva | *ěstvě | *ěstvy |
genitive | *ěstvy | *ěstvu | *ěstvъ |
dative | *ěstvě | *ěstvama | *ěstvamъ |
accusative | *ěstvǫ | *ěstvě | *ěstvy |
instrumental | *ěstvojǫ, *ěstvǫ** | *ěstvama | *ěstvami |
locative | *ěstvě | *ěstvu | *ěstvasъ, *ěstvaxъ* |
vocative | *ěstvo | *ěstvě | *ěstvy |
* -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).
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*ěstvo/*ěstva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 54