Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golvьňa

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

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Noun

*golvьňà f[1]

  1. fire

Inflection

Declension of *golvьňà (soft a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *golvьňà *gȏlvьňi *gȏlvьňę̇
genitive *golvьňę̇́ *golvьňù *golvь̀ňь
dative *golvьňì *golvьňàma *golvьňàmъ
accusative *gȏlvьňǫ *gȏlvьňi *gȏlvьňę̇
instrumental *golvьňejǫ́ *golvьňàma *golvьňàmi
locative *gȏlvьňī *golvьňù *golvьňàsъ, *golvьňàxъ*
vocative *golvьňe *gȏlvьňi *gȏlvьňę̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: галаўня́ (halaŭnjá)
    • Russian: головня́ (golovnjá)
    • Ukrainian: головня́ (holovnjá)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: главнꙗ (glavnja)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: гла̏вња
      Latin script: glȁvnja
    • Slovene: glȃvnja (tonal orthography) (Western dialects)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: hlaveň (barrel (metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged))
    • Polish: głownia

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “golvьnja golvьnjy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c? brand (PR 138)