Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svatьba

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 *svatъ (“kinsman”) +‎ *-ьba.

Noun

*svatьba f

  1. wedding

Declension

Declension of *svatьba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *svatьba *svatьbě *svatьby
genitive *svatьby *svatьbu *svatьbъ
dative *svatьbě *svatьbama *svatьbamъ
accusative *svatьbǫ *svatьbě *svatьby
instrumental *svatьbojǫ, *svatьbǫ** *svatьbama *svatьbami
locative *svatьbě *svatьbu *svatьbasъ, *svatьbaxъ*
vocative *svatьbo *svatьbě *svatьby

* -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: сватьба (svatĭba)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сва́дьба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сватба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 535
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