Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lovitva

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 *loviti +‎ *-tva.

Noun

*lovitva f

  1. catching, hunting
  2. catch
  3. trap (East Slavic only)

Synonyms

  1. *lovjenьje, *lovьstvo, *lovlja
  2. *lovina

Inflection

Declension of *lovitva (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lovitva *lovitvě *lovitvy
genitive *lovitvy *lovitvu *lovitvъ
dative *lovitvě *lovitvama *lovitvamъ
accusative *lovitvǫ *lovitvě *lovitvy
instrumental *lovitvojǫ, *lovitvǫ** *lovitvama *lovitvami
locative *lovitvě *lovitvu *lovitvasъ, *lovitvaxъ*
vocative *lovitvo *lovitvě *lovitvy

* -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

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lovitva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 108
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