Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sliva
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sliˀwā́ˀ, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”), from which also Proto-Germanic *slaihwǭ (“sloe”).
Noun
[edit]*slìva f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *slìva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *slìva | *slìvě | *slìvy |
genitive | *slìvy | *slìvu | *slìvъ |
dative | *slìvě | *slìvama | *slìvamъ |
accusative | *slìvǫ | *slìvě | *slìvy |
instrumental | *slìvojǫ, *slìvǭ** | *slìvama | *slìvamī |
locative | *slìvě | *slìvu | *slìvasъ, *slìvaxъ* |
vocative | *slìvo | *slìvě | *slìvy |
* -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]- Old East Slavic: слива (sliva)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сли́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine nouns
- sla-pro:Fruits
- sla-pro:Stone fruits
- Proto-Slavic hard a-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a
- sla-pro:Prunus genus plants