Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diva
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *divъ (“some kind of a demon”) + *-a.
Noun
[edit]*diva f (masculine *divъ)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *diva (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *diva | *divě | *divy |
genitive | *divy | *divu | *divъ |
dative | *divě | *divama | *divamъ |
accusative | *divǫ | *divě | *divy |
instrumental | *divojǫ, *divǫ** | *divama | *divami |
locative | *divě | *divu | *divasъ, *divaxъ* |
vocative | *divo | *divě | *divy |
* -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).
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дива (diva)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: (dialectal) ди́ва (díva)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: (dialectal) дива-самодива (diva-samodiva), самоди́ва (samodíva)
- Macedonian: самодива (samodiva)
- Bulgarian: (dialectal) ди́ва (díva)
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- ⇒? Upper Sorbian: dźiwica
- Sorbian: