Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъvada

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

By surface analysis, *sъ(n)- +‎ *vada

Noun

*sъvada f

1. brawl, scuffle

Declension

Declension of *sъvada (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъvada	*sъvadě	*sъvady
genitive	*sъvady	*sъvadu	*sъvadъ
dative	*sъvadě	*sъvadama	*sъvadamъ
accusative	*sъvadǫ	*sъvadě	*sъvady
instrumental	*sъvadojǫ, *sъvadǫ**	*sъvadama	*sъvadami
locative	*sъvadě	*sъvadu	*sъvadasъ, *sъvadaxъ*
vocative	*sъvado	*sъvadě	*sъvady

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: звада (zvada)
    • Belarusian: зва́да (zváda)
    • Ukrainian: зва́да (zváda)
  • Russian: сва́да (sváda) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⰲⰰⰴⰰ (sŭvada)

    Old Cyrillic script: съвада (sŭvada)

    • Bulgarian: сва̀да (svàda)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сва̏ђа

    Latin script: svȁđa

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: sváda (archaic)
  • Kashubian: zwada
  • Old Polish: zwada
    • Polish: zwada
    • Silesian: swada

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: sfadă

Further reading

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “свада”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 532