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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glěvъ
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *glěvь f
- *glěva f
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gloh₁y-wo-s, from *gleh₁y-. Cognate with Ancient Greek γλοιός (gloiós).
Noun
*glěvъ m
- slime
Inflection
Declension of *glěvъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *glěvъ | *glěva | *glěvi |
| Accusative | *glěvъ | *glěva | *glěvy |
| Genitive | *glěva | *glěvu | *glěvъ |
| Locative | *glěvě | *glěvu | *glěvěxъ |
| Dative | *glěvu | *glěvoma | *glěvomъ |
| Instrumental | *glěvъmь, *glěvomь* | *glěvoma | *glěvy |
| Vocative | *glěve | *glěva | *glěvi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *glěnь, *glěnъ
- *glina
- *glistъ, *glista
- *gliva
- *glьjь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: глёв m (gljov), глевь f (glevʹ), глева f (gleva)
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*glěvъ; *glěvь; *glěva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “глев”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress