Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xava

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

Derived from a root with extended vocalism *xv- > *xov- > *xav- +‎ *-a, from *xvòja (“needles or branches of a coniferous tree”).

Noun

*xava f[1]

  1. dry branch or young tree

Declension

Declension of *xava (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xava *xavě *xavy
genitive *xavy *xavu *xavъ
dative *xavě *xavama *xavamъ
accusative *xavǫ *xavě *xavy
instrumental *xavojǫ, *xavǫ** *xavama *xavami
locative *xavě *xavu *xavasъ, *xavaxъ*
vocative *xavo *xavě *xavy

* -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).

Derived terms

  • *xavotьnъ

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xava”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 23
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