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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govori
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *govorъ (“uttarence, talk”) + *-i, eventually levelled out as i-stem or jā-stem in descendants.
Noun
*govori f
- Augmentative of *gȍvorъ (“talk, speech”)
Declension
Declension of *govořà (ī-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *govořà | *gȍvoři | *gȍvořę̇ |
Accusative | *gȍvořǫ | *gȍvoři | *gȍvořę̇ |
Genitive | *govořę̇́ | *govořù | *govòřь |
Locative | *gȍvořī | *govořù | *govořàsъ, *govořàxъ* |
Dative | *govořì | *govořàma | *govořàmъ |
Instrumental | *govořejǫ́ | *govořàma | *govořàmi |
Vocative | *govoře | *gȍvoři | *gȍvořę̇ |
* -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.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: го́ворь (góvorʹ, “chatter, jabber”), гово́ря (govórja, “verbalization”) (Central, Northern dialects)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: говори́я (govoríja), говорня́ (govornjá, “pandemonium”) (colloquial)