Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/travьňь

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

Alternative forms

*travьnъ

Etymology

From *trāvà +‎ *-ьňь.

Noun

*travьňь m

May; April

Declension

Declension of *travьňь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*travьňь	*travьňa	*travьňi
genitive	*travьňa	*travьňu	*travьňь
dative	*travьňu	*travьňema	*travьňemъ
accusative	*travьňь	*travьňa	*travьňę̇
instrumental	travьňьmь, travьňemь^*	*travьňema	*travьňi
locative	*travьňi	*travьňu	*travьňixъ
vocative	*travьňu	*travьňa	*travьňi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *травьнь (*travĭnĭ); травьнъ (travĭnŭ, “April, May”)
  - Old Ruthenian: *тра́вень (*trávenʹ)
    - Belarusian: тра́вень (trávjenʹ), тра́вэнь (trávenʹ, “May”) (obsolete)
    - Ukrainian: тра́вень (trávenʹ, “May”)
  - Russian: тра́вень (trávenʹ, “May”) (archaic)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Bulgarian: тра́вен (tráven, “May”) (archaic)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: тра̑вањ (“April”); травен (archaic)
  
  Latin script: trȃvanj (“April”); traven (archaic)
- Slovene: trávən (“April, May”) (obsolete) (tonal orthography)