Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/modlitva

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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

*modliti (“to pray”) + *-tva.

Noun

*modlitva f

  1. prayer

Inflection

Declension of *modlitva (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *modlitva *modlitvě *modlitvy
genitive *modlitvy *modlitvu *modlitvъ
dative *modlitvě *modlitvama *modlitvamъ
accusative *modlitvǫ *modlitvě *modlitvy
instrumental *modlitvojǫ, *modlitvǫ** *modlitvama *modlitvami
locative *modlitvě *modlitvu *modlitvasъ, *modlitvaxъ*
vocative *modlitvo *modlitvě *modlitvy

* -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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