Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvojь
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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *skwajas, from Proto-Indo-European *skwoy-os, from *skwey- (“needle, prickle, thorn”).
Noun
*xvojь m
- Alternative form of *xvoja
Declension
Declension of *xvojь (soft o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xvojь | *xvoja | *xvoji |
| genitive | *xvoja | *xvoju | *xvojь |
| dative | *xvoju | *xvojema | *xvojemъ |
| accusative | *xvojь | *xvoja | *xvoję̇ |
| instrumental | *xvojьmь, *xvojemь* | *xvojema | *xvoji |
| locative | *xvoji | *xvoju | *xvojixъ |
| vocative | *xvoju | *xvoja | *xvoji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvoja / *xvojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 125