Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/navь

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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 *nā́ˀwis, from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂w-. Cognate with Latvian nāve (“death”), nāvēt (“to kill”), Lithuanian nõvis (“death”), Old Prussian nowis (“body, flesh”).[1] Indo-European cognates include Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus, “dead body, corpse”), Old Irish núna (“hunger”) and Tocharian B naut- (“to disappear; be destroyed”).

Noun

*navь f

  1. corpse
  2. deceased

Inflection

Declension of *navь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *navь *navi *navi
genitive *navi *navьju, *navľu* *navьjь, *navi*
dative *navi *navьma *navьmъ
accusative *navь *navi *navi
instrumental *navьjǫ, *navľǫ* *navьma *navьmi
locative *navi *navьju, *navľu* *navьxъ
vocative *navi *navi *navi
* 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

References

  1. ^ Razauskas, Dainius (2011). “Ryba - mifologičeskij Proobraz lodki" . In: Studia Mythologica Slavica 14 (October). Ljubljana, Slovenija, 296, 303. https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v14i0.1614.

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “навь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*navь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 49
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