Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orz(ъ)zěva

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

From *orz(ъ)zěvati +‎ *-a.

Noun

*orz(ъ)zěva m or f

1. gawk, gaper, scatterbrain

Declension

Declension of *orz(ъ)zěva (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*orz(ъ)zěva	*orz(ъ)zěvě	*orz(ъ)zěvy
genitive	*orz(ъ)zěvy	*orz(ъ)zěvu	*orz(ъ)zěvъ
dative	*orz(ъ)zěvě	*orz(ъ)zěvama	*orz(ъ)zěvamъ
accusative	*orz(ъ)zěvǫ	*orz(ъ)zěvě	*orz(ъ)zěvy
instrumental	*orz(ъ)zěvojǫ, *orz(ъ)zěvǫ**	*orz(ъ)zěvama	*orz(ъ)zěvami
locative	*orz(ъ)zěvě	*orz(ъ)zěvu	*orz(ъ)zěvasъ, *orz(ъ)zěvaxъ*
vocative	*orz(ъ)zěvo	*orz(ъ)zěvě	*orz(ъ)zěvy

^* -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).

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- (0 c, 13 e)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *розъзѣва (*rozŭzěva)
    • Old Ruthenian: *роззꙗва (*rozzjava), *роззѣва (*rozzěva)
      • Belarusian: разя́ва (razjáva); раззя́ва (razzjáva), різя́ва (rizjáva), рызя́ва (ryzjáva), рызьз'я́ва (ryzʹzʺjáva), разе́ва (razjéva), разёва (razjóva), розя́ва (rozjáva) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: роззя́ва (rozzjáva); розьзя́ва (rozʹzjáva), розьдя́ва (rozʹdjáva), роздзя́ва (rozdzjáva) (dialectal)
    • Russian: раззя́ва (razzjáva), раззёва (razzjóva); разёва (razjóva), раззе́ва (razzéva), разе́ва (razéva), раззевай m (razzevaj), разя́ва (razjáva), разе́ба (razéba) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: rozzíva, rozzeva (obsolete)
  • Slovak: rozzeva