Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svatьba

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 *svatъ (“kinsman”) +‎ *-ьba.

Noun

*svatьba f

1. wedding

Declension

Declension of *svatьba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*svatьba	*svatьbě	*svatьby
genitive	*svatьby	*svatьbu	*svatьbъ
dative	*svatьbě	*svatьbama	*svatьbamъ
accusative	*svatьbǫ	*svatьbě	*svatьby
instrumental	*svatьbojǫ, *svatьbǫ**	*svatьbama	*svatьbami
locative	*svatьbě	*svatьbu	*svatьbasъ, *svatьbaxъ*
vocative	*svatьbo	*svatьbě	*svatьby

^* -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 East Slavic: сватьба (svatĭba)
    • Belarusian: сва́дзьба (svádzʹba)
    • Russian: сва́дьба (svádʹba)
    • Ukrainian: сва́дьба (svádʹba), сва́йба (svájba)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сватьба (svatĭba)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⰲⰰⱅⱐⰱⰰ (svatĭba)

  • Bulgarian: сва́тба (svátba)
  • Macedonian: свадба (svadba)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сва̀дба

    Latin script: svàdba

  • Slovene: svȃtba, svȃdba (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: svatba
    • Czech: svatba
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): svarba
      • Moravian (Mistřice): svaďba
  • Old Polish: swadźba
  • Slovak: svadba
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: swajźba, swaźba

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сва́дьба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сватба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 535