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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvojь
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *xvoja
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skwajāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *skw-oy-eh₂, from *skw-oy- (“needle, prickle; thorn”), from *ksew- (“to scrape, shave, sharpen”), from *kes- (“to scrape, comb”).
Noun
*xvojь m
- Alternative form of *xvoja
Declension
Declension of *xvojь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *xvojь | *xvoja | *xvoji |
| Accusative | *xvojь | *xvoja | *xvoję̇ |
| Genitive | *xvoja | *xvoju | *xvojь |
| Locative | *xvoji | *xvoju | *xvojixъ |
| Dative | *xvoju | *xvojema | *xvojemъ |
| Instrumental | *xvojьmь, *xvojemь* | *xvojema | *xvoji |
| Vocative | *xvoju | *xvoja | *xvoji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *xujь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- хвой m (xvoj, “coniferous forest; brushwood; twigs”) (dialectal, archaic)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvoja / *xvojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 125