жѧтва

See also: жатва

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žętva. By surface analysis, жѧти +‎ -тва (-tva).

Noun

жѧтва • (transliteration needed) f

1. harvest
   • “ⰶⱔⱅⰲⰰ (line 2, leaf 6.5)”, in Codex Marianus [Ф.87 №6]‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1016±16, page Mt:9:37:

     жѧтва ꙋбо мънога а дѣлатель мало ·

     The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

Declension

Declension of жѧтва (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	жѧтва жѧтва	жѧтвѣ жѧтвѣ	жѧтвꙑ жѧтвꙑ
genitive	жѧтвꙑ жѧтвꙑ	жѧтвоу жѧтвоу	жѧтвъ жѧтвъ
dative	жѧтвѣ жѧтвѣ	жѧтвама жѧтвама	жѧтвамъ жѧтвамъ
accusative	жѧтвѫ жѧтвѫ	жѧтвѣ жѧтвѣ	жѧтвꙑ жѧтвꙑ
instrumental	жѧтвоѭ жѧтвоѭ	жѧтвама жѧтвама	жѧтвами жѧтвами
locative	жѧтвѣ жѧтвѣ	жѧтвоу жѧтвоу	жѧтвахъ жѧтвахъ
vocative	жѧтво жѧтво	жѧтвѣ жѧтвѣ	жѧтвꙑ жѧтвꙑ

Derived terms

• жѧтвьнъ

Further reading

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “жѧтва”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 222