Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krivьda

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 *kriviti +‎ *-ьda, from *krivъ +‎ *-iti.[1]

Noun

*krivьda f

  1. evil, injustice
    Antonym: *pravьda

Inflection

Declension of *krìvьda (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *krìvьda *krìvьdě *krìvьdy
genitive *krìvьdy *krìvьdu *krìvьdъ
dative *krìvьdě *krìvьdama *krìvьdamъ
accusative *krìvьdǫ *krìvьdě *krìvьdy
instrumental *krìvьdojǫ, *krìvьdǭ** *krìvьdama *krìvьdamī
locative *krìvьdě *krìvьdu *krìvьdasъ, *krìvьdaxъ*
vocative *krìvьdo *krìvьdě *krìvьdy

* -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).

  • *krivьditi
  • *krivьdьnъ

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: кривьда (krivĭda)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кривьда (krivĭda)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: кривьда (krivĭda)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱃⰹⰲⱐⰴⰰ (krivĭda)
    • Bulgarian: кри́вда (krívda)
    • Macedonian: кривда (krivda)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кри̑вда
      Latin script: krȋvda
    • Slovene: krȋvda (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: křivda
    • Old Polish: krzywda
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: krziwda
    • Slovak: krivda
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: kśiwda
      • Upper Sorbian: křiwda

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krivьda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 175