Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/navь
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nā́ˀwis, from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w-. Cognate with Latvian nāve (“death”), nāvēt (“to kill”), Lithuanian nõvis (“death”), Old Prussian nowis (“body, flesh”).[1] Indo-European cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus, “dead body, corpse”), Old Irish núna (“hunger”) and Tocharian B naut- (“to disappear; be destroyed”).
Noun
[edit]*navь f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *navь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *navь | *navi | *navi |
| genitive | *navi | *navьju, *navľu* | *navьjь, *navi* |
| dative | *navi | *navьma | *navьmъ |
| accusative | *navь | *navi | *navi |
| instrumental | *navьjǫ, *navľǫ* | *navьma | *navьmi |
| locative | *navi | *navьju, *navľu* | *navьxъ |
| vocative | *navi | *navi | *navi |
* 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]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
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- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- ^ Razauskas, Dainius (2011). “Ryba - mifologičeskij Proobraz lodki" [The Fish As a Mythological Prototype of the Boat]. In: Studia Mythologica Slavica 14 (October). Ljubljana, Slovenija, 296, 303. https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v14i0.1614.
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “навь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*navь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 49