Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mazivo

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

Alternative forms

• *maziva f (Russian)

Etymology

From *mazati +‎ *-ivo.

Noun

*mazivo n

1. ointment

   Synonyms: *mazъ, *mazь, *maža, *mazidlo, *mastidlo, *mazadlo, *mastь, *mazanьje

Inflection

Declension of *mazivo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mazivo	*mazivě	*maziva
genitive	*maziva	*mazivu	*mazivъ
dative	*mazivu	*mazivoma	*mazivomъ
accusative	*mazivo	*mazivě	*maziva
instrumental	*mazivъmь, *mazivomь*	*mazivoma	*mazivy
locative	*mazivě	*mazivu	*mazivěxъ
vocative	*mazivo	*mazivě	*maziva

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ма́зиво (mázivo), ма́зево n (mázevo), ма́зива f (máziva)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: мазиво (mazivo)
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̏зиво
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: mazivo
  • Slovak: mazivo

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mazivo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 27