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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šьvъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Ultimately equivalent to *šiti (“to sew”) + *-vъ.
Noun
*šьvъ m
- stitch, seam
Inflection
Declension of *šьvъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *šьvъ | *šьva | *šьvi |
| Accusative | *šьvъ | *šьva | *šьvy |
| Genitive | *šьva | *šьvu | *šьvъ |
| Locative | *šьvě | *šьvu | *šьvěxъ |
| Dative | *šьvu | *šьvoma | *šьvomъ |
| Instrumental | *šьvъmь, *šьvomь* | *šьvoma | *šьvy |
| Vocative | *šьve | *šьva | *šьvi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: шов (šov)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Russian Church Slavonic: шьвъ (šĭvŭ)
- Bulgarian: шев (šev)
- Macedonian: шев (šev)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ша̏в
- Latin: šȁv
- Slovene: šèv (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: šev
- Polish: szew
- Slovak: šev
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: šow
- Lower Sorbian: šaw
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “шов”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress