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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-tva.
Suffix
-тва • (-tva) f
- (added to verbs) forms nouns
- ловитва (lovitva) ⇐ ловити (loviti)
- жѧтва (žętva) ⇐ жѧти (žęti)
- жрьтва (žrĭtva) ⇐ жрьти (žrĭti)
- клѧтва (klętva) ⇐ клѧти сѧ (klęti sę)
- молитва (molitva) ⇐ молити (moliti)
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of -тва (hard a-stem)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “-тва, -твь, -твъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
- “-тва, -твь, -твъ”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024