Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьvanъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Noun
*čьvanъ m[1]
- alternative form of *čьbanъ (“jug, pitcher”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *čьvanъ | *čьvana | *čьvani |
| genitive | *čьvana | *čьvanu | *čьvanъ |
| dative | *čьvanu | *čьvanoma | *čьvanomъ |
| accusative | *čьvanъ | *čьvana | *čьvany |
| instrumental | *čьvanъmь, *čьvanomь* | *čьvanoma | *čьvanȳ |
| locative | *čьvaně | *čьvanu | *čьvaně̄xъ |
| vocative | *čьvane | *čьvana | *čьvani |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Ruthenian: чва́нецъ (čvánecʹ)
- Ukrainian: чва́нець (čvánecʹ)
- ⇒ Old Ruthenian: чва́нецъ (čvánecʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: чьванъ (čĭvanŭ)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: чва́ница (čvánica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: чва̏н
- Latin script: čvȁn
References
Etymology 2
Substantivized n-participle of *čьvati (“to booster”) + *-anъ. ESSJa distinguish the two meanings.
Adjective
*čьvanъ
- (East and possibly South Slavic) presumptuous, arrogant
- (Lechitic) sly, cunning
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *čьvanъ | *čьvana | *čьvani |
| genitive | *čьvana | *čьvanu | *čьvanъ |
| dative | *čьvanu | *čьvanoma | *čьvanomъ |
| accusative | *čьvanъ | *čьvana | *čьvany |
| instrumental | *čьvanъmь, *čьvanomь* | *čьvanoma | *čьvany |
| locative | *čьvaně | *čьvanu | *čьvaněxъ |
| vocative | *čьvane | *čьvana | *čьvani |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *čьvaniti (sę) (causative-iterative verb)
- *čьvanь, *čьvanьstvo (abstract nouns)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: чьванъ (čĭvanŭ)
- ⇒ Russian: чва́нный (čvánnyj)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: чванни́й (čvannýj)
- Old East Slavic: чьванъ (čĭvanŭ)
- South Slavic:
- >? Slovene: čvȃnj m, čvánja f (“drunkard”)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: cwany (“sly, cunning”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чван”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьvanъ I, *čьvanъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 178