Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trěva

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

See *trāvà.

Noun

*trě̄và f

  1. grass

Inflection

Declension of *trě̄và (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *trě̄và *trě̃vě *trě̄vỳ
genitive *trě̄vỳ *trě̄vù *trě̃vъ
dative *trě̄vě̀ *trě̄vàma *trě̄vàmъ
accusative *trě̄vǫ̀ *trě̃vě *trě̄vỳ
instrumental *trě̄vòjǫ, *trě̃vǫ** *trě̄vàma *trě̄vàmī
locative *trě̄vě̀ *trě̄vù *trě̄vàsъ, *trě̄vàxъ*
vocative *trěvo *trě̃vě *trě̄vỳ

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: трѣва (trěva)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: трева́ (trevá)
    • Macedonian: трева (treva)

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 497