Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/granivъ

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 *granь (“gnawing”) +‎ *-ivъ, a dialectal doublet of *grěnь. Compare related color terms German grün (“green”), English green < Proto-Indo-European *gʰrō-n-.

Adjective

*granivъ

1. rotten
2. orange (originally: the colour of pus)

Declension

Indefinite declension of *granivъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*granivъ	*graniva	*granivo
genitive	*graniva	*granivy	*graniva
dative	*granivu	*granivě	*granivu
accusative	*granivъ	*granivǫ	*granivo
instrumental	*granivomь	*granivojǫ	*granivomь
locative	*granivě	*granivě	*granivě
vocative	*granive	*granivo	*granivo
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*graniva	*granivě	*granivě
genitive	*granivu	*granivu	*granivu
dative	*granivoma	*granivama	*granivoma
accusative	*graniva	*granivě	*granivě
instrumental	*granivoma	*granivama	*granivoma
locative	*granivu	*granivu	*granivu
vocative	*graniva	*granivě	*granivě
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*granivi	*granivy	*graniva
genitive	*granivъ	*granivъ	*granivъ
dative	*granivomъ	*granivamъ	*granivomъ
accusative	*granivy	*granivy	*graniva
instrumental	*granivy	*granivami	*granivy
locative	*granivěxъ	*granivaxъ	*granivěxъ
vocative	*granivi	*granivy	*graniva

Definite declension of *granivъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*granivъjь	*granivaja	*granivoje
genitive	*granivajego	*granivyję̇	*granivajego
dative	*granivujemu	*granivěji	*granivujemu
accusative	*granivъjь	*granivǫjǫ	*granivoje
instrumental	*granivyjimь	*granivǫjǫ	*granivyjimь
locative	*granivějemь	*granivěji	*granivějemь
vocative	*granivъjь	*granivaja	*granivoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*granivaja	*granivěji	*granivěji
genitive	*granivuju	*granivuju	*granivuju
dative	*granivyjima	*granivyjima	*granivyjima
accusative	*granivaja	*granivěji	*granivěji
instrumental	*granivyjima	*granivyjima	*granivyjima
locative	*granivuju	*granivuju	*granivuju
vocative	*granivaja	*granivěji	*granivěji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*graniviji	*granivyję̇	*granivaja
genitive	*granivъjixъ	*granivъjixъ	*granivъjixъ
dative	*granivyjimъ	*granivyjimъ	*granivyjimъ
accusative	*granivyję̇	*granivyję̇	*granivaja
instrumental	*granivyjimi	*granivyjimi	*granivyjimi
locative	*granivyjixъ	*granivyjixъ	*granivyjixъ
vocative	*graniviji	*granivyję̇	*granivaja

Descendants

• East Slavic: —
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: грани́в (granív) (obsolete, archaic)
  • Serbo-Croatian: granciv, grancljiv
• West Slavic: —

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)

*bělъ (of animals) *bronъ	*sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ	*čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ (of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
*čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ	*rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ (of animals) *gnědъ	*žьltъ (of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
*zelenъ	*zelenъ, *grěnъ
	*polvъ	*siňь; *modrъ
*slivъ	*bagrъ

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*granivъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 107
• Трубачев О. Н. (1967) “Работа над этимологическим словарем славянских языков”, in Вопросы языкознания, volume 4, Moscow: Nauka, page 39