Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zapovědь

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

Ultimately, derived from *věděti (“to know”).

Noun

*zapovědь f

order, command

Declension

Declension of *zapovědь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*zapovědь	*zapovědi	*zapovědi
Accusative	*zapovědь	*zapovědi	*zapovědi
Genitive	*zapovědi	zapovědьju, zapověďu^*	zapovědьjь, zapovědi^*
Locative	*zapovědi	zapovědьju, zapověďu^*	*zapovědьxъ
Dative	*zapovědi	*zapovědьma	*zapovědьmъ
Instrumental	zapovědьjǫ, zapověďǫ^*	*zapovědьma	*zapovědьmi
Vocative	*zapovědi	*zapovědi	*zapovědi

^* 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

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: заповѣдь (zapovědĭ)
  - → Macedonian: заповед (zapoved)
  - → Russian: за́поведь (zápovedʹ)
  - → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: за̏пове̄д, за̏повије̄д
  Latin: zȁpovēd, zȁpovijēd
- Bulgarian: за́повед (zápoved)
West Slavic:
- Czech: zápověď
- Polish: zapowiedź