Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ovъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *awas, from *h₂ew-o-s. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬝 (auuat̰, “that there”, nom./acc.sg.n.).

Determiner

*ovъ

1. this, that

Declension

Declension of *ovъ

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ovъ	*ova	*ovo
Accusative	*ovъ	*ovǫ	*ovo
Genitive	*ovogo	*ovoję̇	*ovogo
Locative	*ovomь	*ovoji	*ovomь
Dative	*ovomu	*ovoji	*ovomu
Instrumental	*ověmь	*ovojǫ	*ověmь
Dual	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ova	*ově	*ově
Accusative	*ova	*ově	*ově
Genitive	*ovoju	*ovoju	*ovoju
Locative	*ovoju	*ovoju	*ovoju
Dative	*ověma	*ověma	*ověma
Instrumental	*ověma	*ověma	*ověma
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*ovi	*ovy	*ova
Accusative	*ovy	*ovy	*ova
Genitive	*ověxъ	*ověxъ	*ověxъ
Locative	*ověxъ	*ověxъ	*ověxъ
Dative	*ověmъ	*ověmъ	*ověmъ
Instrumental	*ověmi	*ověmi	*ověmi

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: овъ (ovŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: овый (ovyj), овъ (ov)
      • Ukrainian: о́вий (óvyj)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: о́вший (óvšyj)
    • Russian: о́вый (óvyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: овъ (ovŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⰲⱏ (ovŭ)

  • Macedonian: овој (ovoj) (< *ovъ-jь)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (< *ovъ-jь)

    Cyrillic script: о̀ва̄ј

    Latin script: òvāj

• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: ów
    • Polish: ów

See also

• *jь, *čьjь, *jьnъ, *kъjь, *onъ, *ovъ, *sь, *tъ, *vьśь
• *jakъ, *jьnakъ, *kakъ, *onakъ, *ovakъ, *sicь, *takъ, *vьśakъ
• *koterъ, *eterъ

Further reading

• Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2014), “*ovъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 39 (*otъtęti – *ozgǫba), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 199
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “овый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• В. В. Мартынов (1981), “Балто-славяно-иранские языковые отношения и глоттогенез славян: onъ – ovъ 'тот'.”, in Балто-славянские исследования. 1980., Moscow: Nauka, page 25