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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žętva. By surface analysis, жѧти (žęti) + -тва (-tva).
Noun
жѧтва • (žętva) f
- harvest
- “ⰶⱔⱅⰲⰰ (line 2, leaf 6.5)”, in Codex Marianus [Ф.87 №6] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1016±16, page Mt:9:37:
жѧтва ꙋбо мънога а дѣлатель мало ·- žętva ubo mŭnoga a dělatelĭ malo ·
- The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
Declension
Declension of жѧтва (hard a-stem)
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