Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьrtva
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *žьrti (“to sacrifice”) + *-tva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *girʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.
Noun
[edit]*žьrtva f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *žьrtva (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *žьrtva | *žьrtvě | *žьrtvy |
genitive | *žьrtvy | *žьrtvu | *žьrtvъ |
dative | *žьrtvě | *žьrtvama | *žьrtvamъ |
accusative | *žьrtvǫ | *žьrtvě | *žьrtvy |
instrumental | *žьrtvojǫ, *žьrtvǫ** | *žьrtvama | *žьrtvami |
locative | *žьrtvě | *žьrtvu | *žьrtvasъ, *žьrtvaxъ* |
vocative | *žьrtvo | *žьrtvě | *žьrtvy |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 566
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жертва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷerH-
- Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-tva
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine nouns
- Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns