Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sivъ

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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 *śī́ˀwas, continuing Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱiHwós, either from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁y- (to shimmer) or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃y- (to shade). Baltic cognates include Lithuanian šývas (light grey), Old Prussian sijwan (grey).

Further akin to Old English hǣwе (light blue, purple, grey, green) from Proto-Germanic *hēwijaz, Avestan 𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀 (siiāuua), Sanskrit श्याव (śyāvá, dark, dark brown) (with e-grade stem).

Adjective

*sìvъ[1][2]

  1. grey
  2. hoary, grey-haired, aging

Inflection

Accent paradigm a.

Indefinite declension of *sivъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sivъ *siva *sivo
genitive *siva *sivy *siva
dative *sivu *sivě *sivu
accusative *sivъ *sivǫ *sivo
instrumental *sivomь *sivojǫ *sivomь
locative *sivě *sivě *sivě
vocative *sive *sivo *sivo
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *siva *sivě *sivě
genitive *sivu *sivu *sivu
dative *sivoma *sivama *sivoma
accusative *siva *sivě *sivě
instrumental *sivoma *sivama *sivoma
locative *sivu *sivu *sivu
vocative *siva *sivě *sivě
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sivi *sivy *siva
genitive *sivъ *sivъ *sivъ
dative *sivomъ *sivamъ *sivomъ
accusative *sivy *sivy *siva
instrumental *sivy *sivami *sivy
locative *sivěxъ *sivaxъ *sivěxъ
vocative *sivi *sivy *siva
Definite declension of *sivъ (hard)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sivъjь *sivaja *sivoje
genitive *sivajego *sivyję̇ *sivajego
dative *sivujemu *sivěji *sivujemu
accusative *sivъjь *sivǫjǫ *sivoje
instrumental *sivyjimь *sivǫjǫ *sivyjimь
locative *sivějemь *sivěji *sivějemь
vocative *sivъjь *sivaja *sivoje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *sivaja *sivěji *sivěji
genitive *sivuju *sivuju *sivuju
dative *sivyjima *sivyjima *sivyjima
accusative *sivaja *sivěji *sivěji
instrumental *sivyjima *sivyjima *sivyjima
locative *sivuju *sivuju *sivuju
vocative *sivaja *sivěji *sivěji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *siviji *sivyję̇ *sivaja
genitive *sivъjixъ *sivъjixъ *sivъjixъ
dative *sivyjimъ *sivyjimъ *sivyjimъ
accusative *sivyję̇ *sivyję̇ *sivaja
instrumental *sivyjimi *sivyjimi *sivyjimi
locative *sivyjixъ *sivyjixъ *sivyjixъ
vocative *siviji *sivyję̇ *sivaja

Descendants

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *mȃsti (layout · text)
     *bělъ
(of animals) *bronъ
     *sivъ, *śěrъ, *śědъ      *čьrnъ, *smaglъ, *smǫglъ
(of animals) *vornъ, *galъ
             *čьrvenъ, *ryďь, *ruměnъ              *rudъ, *granivъ; *smědъ
(of animals) *gnědъ
             *žьltъ
(of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
             *zelenъ              *zelenъ, *grěnъ             
                          *polvъ              *siňь; *modrъ
             *slivъ              *bagrъ             

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сивый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Skok, Petar (1973) “Proto-Slavic/sivъ”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 246
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “сивий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сив”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 633
  • Comrie, Bernard and Cordett, Creville C. The Slavonic Languages. 1993.

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sìvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451:adj. o (a) ‘grey’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “sȋv”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*si̋vъ