Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěta

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

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Noun

*sěta f

  1. sorrow

Declension

Declension of *sěta (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *sěta *sětě *sěty
genitive *sěty *sětu *sětъ
dative *sětě *sětama *sětamъ
accusative *sětǫ *sětě *sěty
instrumental *sětojǫ, *sětǫ** *sětama *sětami
locative *sětě *sětu *sětasъ, *sětaxъ*
vocative *sěto *sětě *sěty

* -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: сѣта (sěta)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

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