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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nъťьvy
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Proto-Slavic
nъťьvy
Alternative forms
- *nъťьky f pl (+*-ъkъ)
- *nьťьvy f pl, *nьťьky f pl
Etymology
Perchance from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”).
Noun
*nъťьvy f pl
- tray, trough, wooden tub wherein one performs household jobs
- kneading trough
- Synonym: *korỳto
Inflection
Declension of *nъťьvy (hard a-stem, plural only)
| Plural | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *nъťьvy |
| Accusative | *nъťьvy |
| Genitive | *nъťьvъ |
| Locative | *nъťьvasъ, *nъťьvaxъ* |
| Dative | *nъťьvamъ |
| Instrumental | *nъťьvami |
| Vocative | *nъťьvy |
* -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).
** 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 East Slavic: нъчьвꙑ (nŭčĭvy), ночьвꙑ (nočĭvy)
- Old Ruthenian: но́чвы f pl (nóčvy), ночо́вки (nočóvki)
- Belarusian: но́чвы f pl (nóčvy), начо́ўкі (načóŭki)
- Ukrainian: но́чви f pl (nóčvy), ночо́вки (nočóvky)
- Russian: но́чвы́ f pl (nóčvý), ночо́вки (nočóvki), ночёвки (nočóvki)
- Old Ruthenian: но́чвы f pl (nóčvy), ночо́вки (nočóvki)
- Old East Slavic: нъчьвꙑ (nŭčĭvy), ночьвꙑ (nočĭvy)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: нъштвꙑ f pl (nŭštvy), нъштви f pl (nŭštvi)
- Bulgarian: но̀щвѝ f pl (nòštvì); dialectally нъ́щви f pl (nǎ́štvi), нъшки́ f pl (nǎškí), нъ́чви f pl (nǎ́čvi), но́кви f pl (nókvi), ношкови́ f pl (noškoví), нъщови́ f pl (nǎštoví), но̀щовѝ f pl (nòštovì), не́шкеви f pl (néškevi) and others
- Macedonian: ноќви f pl (noḱvi), ношви f pl (nošvi) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: на̏ћве f pl, навће, млаћве
- Latin: nȁćve f pl, navće, mlaćve
- Slovene: nəčkẹ̑, nəškẹ̑, nəčvẹ̑ f pl (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: necky f pl
- Lechitic:
- Old Polish: niecki f pl
- Polish: niecki f pl; also niecka f sg
- → Ukrainian: не́цьки f pl (nécʹky)
- Polish: niecki f pl; also niecka f sg
- Polabian: nacṭai f pl
- Slovincian: ńie̯cħï f pl
- Old Polish: niecki f pl
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: ńacki, ńecki f pl
- Upper Sorbian: mjecki f pl
Further reading
Ночвы, начоўкі on the Belarusian Wikipedia.Wikipedia be- Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “niecki – *nьkťi, *nьkťьve”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 359
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nъktjьky/*nьktjьky; *nъktjьvy/*nьktjьvy”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 51–54
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ночва”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress