Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čarovьnikъ

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

From *čarovati +‎ *-ьnikъ.

Noun

*čarovьnikъ m^[1]

wizard, magician, sorcerer

Inflection

Declension of *čarovьnikъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čarovьnikъ	*čarovьnika	*čarovьnici
genitive	*čarovьnika	*čarovьniku	*čarovьnikъ
dative	*čarovьniku	*čarovьnikoma	*čarovьnikomъ
accusative	*čarovьnikъ	*čarovьnika	*čarovьniky
instrumental	čarovьnikъmь, čarovьnikomь^*	*čarovьnikoma	*čarovьniky
locative	*čarovьnicě	*čarovьniku	*čarovьnicěxъ
vocative	*čarovьniče	*čarovьnika	*čarovьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: чаровьникъ (čarovĭnikŭ)
  - Belarusian: чараўні́к (čaraŭník)
  - Russian: чаровни́к (čarovník) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: чарівни́к (čarivnýk)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: чаро̀вник (čaròvnik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: чаровник
  
  Latin script: čarovnik
- Slovene: čarȏvnik (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: čarovník
- Kashubian: czarownik
- Old Polish: czarownik
  - Polish: czarownik
  - Silesian: czarownik
- Slovak: čarovník
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: čarownik

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čarovьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 25

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čarovьnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 25

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