Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gavornъ
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gā́ˀiwarnas from ga! or *gajь + *vornъ.
Noun
[edit]*gàvornъ m[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]Declension
[edit]Declension of *gavornъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *gavornъ | *gavorna | *gavorni |
genitive | *gavorna | *gavornu | *gavornъ |
dative | *gavornu | *gavornoma | *gavornomъ |
accusative | *gavornъ | *gavorna | *gavorny |
instrumental | *gavornъmь, *gavornomь* | *gavornoma | *gavorny |
locative | *gavorně | *gavornu | *gavorněxъ |
vocative | *gavorne | *gavorna | *gavorni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
[edit]- *vornъ (“black”)
- *vornъ m, *vorna f (“crow”)
- *skovornъ (“starling, thrush”)
- *gajati (“to squeak, to screech”)
- *gava, *kavъka, *čavъka (“crow, corvid”)
Descendants
[edit]- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гарван”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 230
References
[edit]- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gavran”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*ka̋vornъ”