Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěvь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *koi-u-i-, *ḱoi-u-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *koy-w-.
Noun
*cě̑vь f[1]
Inflection
Declension of *cě̑vь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *cě̑vь | *cě̑vi | *cě̑vi |
| genitive | *cěví | *cěvьjù, *cěvľu* | *cěvь̀jь |
| dative | *cě̑vi | *cěvьmà | *cě̑vьmъ |
| accusative | *cě̑vь | *cě̑vi | *cě̑vi |
| instrumental | *cěvьjǫ́ | *cěvьmà | *cěvьmì |
| locative | *cěví | *cěvьjù, *cěvľu* | *cě̑vьxъ |
| vocative | *cěvi | *cě̑vi | *cě̑vi |
* 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).
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цевка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cěvь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 192
- (2005) Вопросы языкознания, Прибалтийско-финская лексика и восточнославянское языкознание, page 16
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*cě̑vь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77: “f. i (c) ‘tube, spool’”