< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/avь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to perceive, see”).
Noun
*avь f
- obvious?
- apparent?
- real?
Inflection
Declension of *avь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *avь | *avi | *avi |
Accusative | *avь | *avi | *avi |
Genitive | *avi | *avьju, *avľu* | *avьjь, *avi* |
Locative | *avi | *avьju, *avľu* | *avьxъ |
Dative | *avi | *avьma | *avьmъ |
Instrumental | *avьjǫ, *avľǫ* | *avьma | *avьmi |
Vocative | *avi | *avi | *avi |
* 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 Ruthenian: ꙗвъ (jav), ꙗве (jave), ꙗво (javo)
- Belarusian: я́ва (jáva), я́ве (jávje)
- Ukrainian: яв (jav), я́ва (jáva), ява́ (javá)
- Russian: явь (javʹ)
- Old Ruthenian: ꙗвъ (jav), ꙗве (jave), ꙗво (javo)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: jawa
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*avь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 99