Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlva

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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 *múlˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-eh₂, from *mlewH- (to speak, say).

    Noun

    *mъ̀lva f

    1. speech

    Inflection

    Declension of *mъ̀lva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *mъ̀lva *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
    genitive *mъ̀lvy *mъ̀lvu *mъ̀lvъ
    dative *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvama *mъ̀lvamъ
    accusative *mъ̀lvǫ *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
    instrumental *mъ̀lvojǫ, *mъ̀lvǭ** *mъ̀lvama *mъ̀lvamī
    locative *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvu *mъ̀lvasъ, *mъ̀lvaxъ*
    vocative *mъ̀lvo *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy

    * -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).

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъlva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333:f. ā ‘speech’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъlva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a tale (PR 132)