Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gliva
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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 *gléiˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-weh₂, from *gleh₁y- (“to smear, stick”). Cognates with Latvian glīve (“green slime on water; mire”), Lithuanian gléivės (“slime”), gléivos (“(dialectal) slime”).
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *glìva | *glìvě | *glìvy |
| genitive | *glìvy | *glìvu | *glìvъ |
| dative | *glìvě | *glìvama | *glìvamъ |
| accusative | *glìvǫ | *glìvě | *glìvy |
| instrumental | *glìvojǫ, *glìvǭ** | *glìvama | *glìvamī |
| locative | *glìvě | *glìvu | *glìvasъ, *glìvaxъ* |
| vocative | *glìvo | *glìvě | *glìvy |
* -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).
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*glìva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 165