Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nevěsta
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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
Noun
*nevěsta f
Declension
Declension of *nevě̀sta (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nevě̀sta | *nevě̀stě | *nevě̀sty |
| genitive | *nevě̀sty | *nevě̀stu | *nevě̀stъ |
| dative | *nevě̀stě | *nevě̀stama | *nevě̀stamъ |
| accusative | *nevě̀stǫ | *nevě̀stě | *nevě̀sty |
| instrumental | *nevě̀stojǫ, *nevě̀stǭ** | *nevě̀stama | *nevě̀stamī |
| locative | *nevě̀stě | *nevě̀stu | *nevě̀stasъ, *nevě̀staxъ* |
| vocative | *nevě̀sto | *nevě̀stě | *nevě̀sty |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nevě̀sta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nevěsta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 70
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “неве́ста”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress