Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Živa
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Nominalization of *živa f (“alive, live, living”).
Proper Noun
*Živa f
- (West and South Slavic) a female given name, Zhiva
Inflection
Declension of *Živa (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *Živa | *Živě | *Živy |
| genitive | *Živy | *Živu | *Živъ |
| dative | *Živě | *Živama | *Živamъ |
| accusative | *Živǫ | *Živě | *Živy |
| instrumental | *Živojǫ, *Živǫ** | *Živama | *Živami |
| locative | *Živě | *Živu | *Živasъ, *Živaxъ* |
| vocative | *Živo | *Živě | *Živy |
* -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).
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Илчев, Стефан (1969) “Жива”, in Речник на личните и фамилни имена у българите (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 17
- Kovachev, Nikolay (1987) “”, in Честотно-тълковен речник на личните имена у българите (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Петър Берон, page 95
- Schlimpert, Gerhard (1978) “Živ-”, in Slawische Personennamen in mittelalterlichen Quellen zur deutschen Geschichte (in German), Berlin: Akademie Verlag, page 163