Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ňiva

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

Cognate with Ancient Greek νειός (neiós, “field”).

Noun

*ňìva f[1]

  1. field

Inflection

Declension of *ňìva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *ňìva *ňìvě *ňìvy
genitive *ňìvy *ňìvu *ňìvъ
dative *ňìvě *ňìvama *ňìvamъ
accusative *ňìvǫ *ňìvě *ňìvy
instrumental *ňìvojǫ, *ňìvǭ** *ňìvama *ňìvamī
locative *ňìvě *ňìvu *ňìvasъ, *ňìvaxъ*
vocative *ňìvo *ňìvě *ňìvy

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: нива (niva)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ни́ва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ņìva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354
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