Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъvora
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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]By surface analysis, *sъ + *vora, further, related to *verti.
Noun
[edit]*sъvora f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *sъvora (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sъvora | *sъvorě | *sъvory |
| genitive | *sъvory | *sъvoru | *sъvorъ |
| dative | *sъvorě | *sъvorama | *sъvoramъ |
| accusative | *sъvorǫ | *sъvorě | *sъvory |
| instrumental | *sъvorojǫ, *sъvorǫ** | *sъvorama | *sъvorami |
| locative | *sъvorě | *sъvoru | *sъvorasъ, *sъvoraxъ* |
| vocative | *sъvoro | *sъvorě | *sъvory |
* -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).
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: svọ̑ra (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сво́ра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress