Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zapovědь

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

Ultimately, derived from *věděti (“to know”).

Noun

*zapovědь f

1. order, command

Declension

Declension of *zapovědь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zapovědь	*zapovědi	*zapovědi
genitive	*zapovědi	*zapovědьju, *zapověďu*	*zapovědьjь, *zapovědi*
dative	*zapovědi	*zapovědьma	*zapovědьmъ
accusative	*zapovědь	*zapovědi	*zapovědi
instrumental	*zapovědьjǫ, *zapověďǫ*	*zapovědьma	*zapovědьmi
locative	*zapovědi	*zapovědьju, *zapověďu*	*zapovědьxъ
vocative	*zapovědi	*zapovědi	*zapovědi

^* 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:
  • ⇒ Belarusian: запаве́т (zapavjét)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: запові́т (zapovít)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: заповѣдь (zapovědĭ)

    • → Macedonian: заповед (zapoved)
    • → Russian: за́поведь (zápovedʹ)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̏пове̄д, за̏повије̄д

    Latin script: zȁpovēd, zȁpovijēd

  • Bulgarian: за́повед (zápoved)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zápověď
  • Old Polish: zapowiedź
    • Polish: zapowiedź