Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvьňa

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

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Noun

*golvьňà f

1. fire

Inflection

Declension of *golvьňà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*golvьňà	*gȏlvьňi	*gȏlvьňę̇
genitive	*golvьňę̇́	*golvьňù	*golvь̀ňь
dative	*golvьňì	*golvьňàma	*golvьňàmъ
accusative	*gȏlvьňǫ	*gȏlvьňi	*gȏlvьňę̇
instrumental	*golvьňejǫ́	*golvьňàma	*golvьňàmi
locative	*gȏlvьňī	*golvьňù	*golvьňàsъ, *golvьňàxъ*
vocative	*golvьňe	*gȏlvьňi	*gȏlvьňę̇

^* -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.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: галаўня́ (halaŭnjá)
  • Russian: головня́ (golovnjá)
  • Ukrainian: головня́ (holovnjá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: главнꙗ (glavnja)

    • Bulgarian: главня́ (glavnjá)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: гла̏вња

    Latin script: glȁvnja

  • Slovene: glȃvnja (tonal orthography) (Western dialects)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: hlaveň (barrel (metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged))
  • Polish: głownia