Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svati

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

PIE word
*swé

*svatъ (“father of one of the newlyweds'”) +‎ *-i

Noun

*svàti f

feminine of *svatъ: mother of one of the newlyweds

Alternative forms

*svatьja (reanalyzed at later times)

Declension

Declension of *svati (ī-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*svati	*svaťi	*svaťę̇
Accusative	*svaťǫ	*svaťi	*svaťę̇
Genitive	*svaťę̇	*svaťu	*svaťь
Locative	*svaťi	*svaťu	svaťasъ, svaťaxъ^*
Dative	*svaťi	*svaťama	*svaťamъ
Instrumental	svaťejǫ, svaťǫ^**	*svaťama	*svaťami
Vocative	*svaťe	*svaťi	*svaťę̇

^* -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

*svatica (diminutive)

Related terms

*svaxa (“honorable female relative (aunt or mother) of newlyweds”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: сва́тья (svátʹja) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: сва́тя (svátja)
- Macedonian: сваќа (svaḱa)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: сва̏ћа
  Latin: svȁtja