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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zętь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, give birth”), cf. *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”). Compare also Latvian znots (“son in law”).
Noun
*zę̀tь m
- son-in-law
Declension
Declension of *zę̀tь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *zę̀tь | *zę̀ti | *zę̀tьjē, *zę̀ťē* |
| Accusative | *zę̀tь | *zę̀ti | *zę̀ti |
| Genitive | *zę̀tī | *zę̀tьju, *zę̀ťu* | *zę̀tьjь, *zę̀tī* |
| Locative | *zę̀tī | *zę̀tьju, *zę̀ťu* | *zę̀tьxъ |
| Dative | *zę̀ti | *zę̀tьma | *zę̀tьmъ |
| Instrumental | *zę̀tьmь | *zę̀tьma | *zę̀tьmī |
| Vocative | *zęti | *zę̀ti | *zę̀tьjē, *zę̀ťē* |
* 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).
See also
- Parents: *otъ/*otьcь + *mati
- of wife: *tьstь + *tьšča
- of husband: *svekrъ + *svekry
- Siblings: *bratrъ, *sestra
- of wife: *šurь, *svěstь/*svьstь
- of husband: *děverь, *zъly
- of father: *strъjь, ?
- of mother: *ujь, ?
- Spouse: *žena, *mǫžь
- of child: *snъxa, *zętь
- of husband's brother: *ętry
- Children: *synъ, *dъťi
- of child: *vъnukъ, ?
- of sibling: *netьjь, *neti/*nestera
- Nursery words: *tata, *mama, *dada, *teta, *nana, *nena, *dědъ, *baba, *lola, *lelja
- Unsorted: *ova (“grandmother”), *sěmьja
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: зяць (zjacʹ)
- Russian: зять (zjatʹ)
- Ukrainian: зять (zjatʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: зѧть (zętĭ)
- Bulgarian: зет (zet)
- Macedonian: зет (zet)
- Serbo-Croatian
- Cyrillic: зет
- Latin: zet
- Slovene: zȅt (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: zeť
- Polish: zięć
- Slovak: zať
- Sami:
- → Skolt Sami: zeeʹtt