Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govori

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *govorъ (“uttarence, talk”) +‎ *-i, eventually levelled out as i-stem or jā-stem in descendants.

Noun

*govori f

  1. augmentative of *gȍvorъ (“talk, speech”)

Declension

Declension of *govořà (ī-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *govořà *gȍvoři *gȍvořę̇
genitive *govořę̇́ *govořù *govòřь
dative *govořì *govořàma *govořàmъ
accusative *gȍvořǫ *gȍvoři *gȍvořę̇
instrumental *govořejǫ́ *govořàma *govořàmi
locative *gȍvořī *govořù *govořàsъ, *govořàxъ*
vocative *govoře *gȍvoři *gȍvořę̇

* -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:
    • Russian: го́ворь (góvorʹ, “chatter, jabber”), гово́ря (govórja, “verbalization”) (Central, Northern dialects)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: говори́я (govoríja), говорня́ (govornjá, “pandemonium”) (colloquial)
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