Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gavornъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gā́ˀiwarnas from ga! or *gajь + *vornъ.
Noun
Alternative forms
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *gavornъ | *gavorna | *gavorni |
| genitive | *gavorna | *gavornu | *gavornъ |
| dative | *gavornu | *gavornoma | *gavornomъ |
| accusative | *gavornъ | *gavorna | *gavorny |
| instrumental | *gavornъmь, *gavornomь* | *gavornoma | *gavorny |
| locative | *gavorně | *gavornu | *gavorněxъ |
| vocative | *gavorne | *gavorna | *gavorni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *vornъ (“black”)
- *vornъ m, *vorna f (“crow”)
- *skovornъ (“starling, thrush”)
- *gajati (“to squeak, to screech”)
- *gava, *kavъka, *čavъka (“crow, corvid”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гарван”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 230
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “gavran”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*ka̋vornъ”