Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bitva
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bī́ˀtwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰih₂-tweh₂, from *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike, hew”) + *-tweh₂. Equivalent to *biti + *-tva.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *bìtva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bìtva | *bìtvě | *bìtvy |
| genitive | *bìtvy | *bìtvu | *bìtvъ |
| dative | *bìtvě | *bìtvama | *bìtvamъ |
| accusative | *bìtvǫ | *bìtvě | *bìtvy |
| instrumental | *bìtvojǫ, *bìtvǭ** | *bìtvama | *bìtvamī |
| locative | *bìtvě | *bìtvu | *bìtvasъ, *bìtvaxъ* |
| vocative | *bìtvo | *bìtvě | *bìtvy |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “би́тва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bìtva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42: “f. ā (a) ‘battle, fight’”
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64