Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mytva

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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *myti +‎ *-tva.

Noun

*mytva f

  1. washing

Synonyms

Inflection

Declension of *mytva (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *mytva *mytvě *mytvy
genitive *mytvy *mytvu *mytvъ
dative *mytvě *mytvama *mytvamъ
accusative *mytvǫ *mytvě *mytvy
instrumental *mytvojǫ, *mytvǫ** *mytvama *mytvami
locative *mytvě *mytvu *mytvasъ, *mytvaxъ*
vocative *mytvo *mytvě *mytvy

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mytva/*mytvo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 83
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mytьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 85
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “мытва”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 219