Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orz(ъ)zěva

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 *orz(ъ)zěvati +‎ *-a.

Noun

*orz(ъ)zěva m or f[1]

  1. gawk, gaper, scatterbrain

Declension

Declension of *orz(ъ)zěva (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *orz(ъ)zěva *orz(ъ)zěvě *orz(ъ)zěvy
genitive *orz(ъ)zěvy *orz(ъ)zěvu *orz(ъ)zěvъ
dative *orz(ъ)zěvě *orz(ъ)zěvama *orz(ъ)zěvamъ
accusative *orz(ъ)zěvǫ *orz(ъ)zěvě *orz(ъ)zěvy
instrumental *orz(ъ)zěvojǫ, *orz(ъ)zěvǫ** *orz(ъ)zěvama *orz(ъ)zěvami
locative *orz(ъ)zěvě *orz(ъ)zěvu *orz(ъ)zěvasъ, *orz(ъ)zěvaxъ*
vocative *orz(ъ)zěvo *orz(ъ)zěvě *orz(ъ)zěvy

* -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).

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- (0 c, 13 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *розъзѣва (*rozŭzěva)
      • Old Ruthenian: *роззꙗва (*rozzjava), *роззѣва (*rozzěva)
        • Belarusian: разя́ва (razjáva); раззя́ва (razzjáva), різя́ва (rizjáva), рызя́ва (ryzjáva), рызьз'я́ва (ryzʹzʺjáva), разе́ва (razjéva), разёва (razjóva), розя́ва (rozjáva) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: роззя́ва (rozzjáva); розьзя́ва (rozʹzjáva), розьдя́ва (rozʹdjáva), роздзя́ва (rozdzjáva) (dialectal)
      • Russian: раззя́ва (razzjáva), раззёва (razzjóva); разёва (razjóva), раззе́ва (razzéva), разе́ва (razéva), раззевай m (razzevaj), разя́ва (razjáva), разе́ба (razéba) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: rozzíva, rozzeva (obsolete)
    • Slovak: rozzeva

References

  1. ^ Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2010), “*orz(ъ)zěva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 36 (*orz(ъ)zeleněti/*orz(ъ)zeleniti (sę) – *otъgrěbati (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 6