Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zovъ

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

According to BER, a deverbal of *zъvati (“to call”).

Noun

*zovъ m

1. call

Declension

Declension of *zovъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zovъ	*zova	*zovi
genitive	*zova	*zovu	*zovъ
dative	*zovu	*zovoma	*zovomъ
accusative	*zovъ	*zova	*zovy
instrumental	*zovъmь, *zovomь*	*zovoma	*zovy
locative	*zově	*zovu	*zověxъ
vocative	*zove	*zova	*zovi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: зов (zov)
  • Ukrainian: зов (zov)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: зов (zov)
  • Macedonian: зов (zov)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зо̑в

    Latin script: zȏv

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зов”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 651