Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svati
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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]| PIE word |
|---|
| *swé |
*svatъ (“father of one of the newlyweds'”) + *-i
Noun
[edit]*svàti f
Alternative forms
[edit]- *svatьja (reanalyzed at later times)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *svati (ī-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *svati | *svaťi | *svaťę̇ |
| genitive | *svaťę̇ | *svaťu | *svaťь |
| dative | *svaťi | *svaťama | *svaťamъ |
| accusative | *svaťǫ | *svaťi | *svaťę̇ |
| instrumental | *svaťejǫ, *svaťǫ** | *svaťama | *svaťami |
| locative | *svaťi | *svaťu | *svaťasъ, *svaťaxъ* |
| vocative | *svaťe | *svaťi | *svaťę̇ |
* -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).
Derived terms
[edit]- *svatica (diminutive)
Related terms
[edit]- *svaxa (“honorable female relative (aunt or mother) of newlyweds”)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- Russian: сва́тья (svátʹja) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сват”, 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), “сватя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 535