Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlva
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-eh₂, from *mlewH-.
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Declension of *mъ̀lva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *mъ̀lva | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvy |
genitive | *mъ̀lvy | *mъ̀lvu | *mъ̀lvъ |
dative | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvama | *mъ̀lvamъ |
accusative | *mъ̀lvǫ | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvy |
instrumental | *mъ̀lvojǫ, *mъ̀lvǭ** | *mъ̀lvama | *mъ̀lvamī |
locative | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvu | *mъ̀lvasъ, *mъ̀lvaxъ* |
vocative | *mъ̀lvo | *mъ̀lvě | *mъ̀lvy |
* -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).
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъlva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333: “f. ā ‘speech’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъlva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 132)”
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mlewH-
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine nouns
- Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a
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