Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/avь

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-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to perceive, see”).

Noun

*avь f

1. obviousness?
2. apparency?
3. reality?

Inflection

Declension of *avь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*avь	*avi	*avi
genitive	*avi	*avьju, *avľu*	*avьjь, *avi*
dative	*avi	*avьma	*avьmъ
accusative	*avь	*avi	*avi
instrumental	*avьjǫ, *avľǫ*	*avьma	*avьmi
locative	*avi	*avьju, *avľu*	*avьxъ
vocative	*avi	*avi	*avi

^* 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 Ruthenian: ꙗвъ (jav), ꙗве (jave), ꙗво (javo)
    • Belarusian: я́ва (jáva), я́ве (jávje)
    • Ukrainian: яв (jav), я́ва (jáva), ява́ (javá)
  • Russian: явь (javʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jev
  • Polish: jawa
  • Slovak: jav

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*avь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 99