Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nъťьvy

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

nъťьvy

Alternative forms

• *nъťьky f pl (+*-ъkъ)
• *nьťьvy f pl, *nьťьky f pl

Etymology

Perchance from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”).

Noun

*nъťьvy f pl

1. tray, trough, wooden tub wherein one performs household jobs
   1. kneading trough

   Synonym: *korỳto

Inflection

Declension of *nъťьvy (hard a-stem, plural only)

	plural
nominative	*nъťьvy
genitive	*nъťьvъ
dative	*nъťьvamъ
accusative	*nъťьvy
instrumental	*nъťьvami
locative	*nъťьvasъ, *nъťьvaxъ*
vocative	*nъťьvy

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: нъчьвꙑ (nŭčĭvy), ночьвꙑ (nočĭvy)
    • Old Ruthenian: но́чвы f pl (nóčvy), ночо́вки (nočóvki)
      • Belarusian: но́чвы f pl (nóčvy), начо́ўкі (načóŭki)
      • Ukrainian: но́чви f pl (nóčvy), ночо́вки (nočóvky)
    • Russian: но́чвы́ f pl (nóčvý), ночо́вки (nočóvki), ночёвки (nočóvki)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: нъштвꙑ f pl (nŭštvy), нъштви f pl (nŭštvi)
  • Bulgarian: но̀щвѝ f pl (nòštvì); dialectally нъ́щви f pl (nǎ́štvi), нъшки́ f pl (nǎškí), нъ́чви f pl (nǎ́čvi), но́кви f pl (nókvi), ношкови́ f pl (noškoví), нъщови́ f pl (nǎštoví), но̀щовѝ f pl (nòštovì), не́шкеви f pl (néškevi) and others
  • Macedonian: ноќви f pl (noḱvi), ношви f pl (nošvi) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: на̏ћве f pl, навће, млаћве (dialectal)

    Latin script: nȁćve f pl, navće, mlaćve (dialectal)

  • Slovene: nəčkẹ̑, nəškẹ̑, nəčvẹ̑ f pl (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: necky f pl
  • Lechitic:
    • Old Polish: niecki f pl
      • Polish: niecki f pl; also niecka f sg
        • → Ukrainian: не́цьки f pl (nécʹky)
    • Polabian: nacṭai f pl
    • Slovincian: njêchy f pl
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: ńacki, ńecki f pl
    • Upper Sorbian: mjecki f pl

Further reading

• Ночвы, начоўкі on the Belarusian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^be
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/nъťьvy”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 359
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nъktjьky/*nьktjьky; *nъktjьvy/*nьktjьvy”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 51–54
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ночва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress