Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jazva

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *áiˀźwāˀ. Cognate with Latvian aĩza, Lithuanian áižа and Old Prussian eyswo.

Noun

*jàzva f[1][2]

  1. wound
  2. scar

Declension

Declension of *jàzva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *jàzva *jàzvě *jàzvy
genitive *jàzvy *jàzvu *jàzvъ
dative *jàzvě *jàzvama *jàzvamъ
accusative *jàzvǫ *jàzvě *jàzvy
instrumental *jàzvojǫ, *jàzvǭ** *jàzvama *jàzvamī
locative *jàzvě *jàzvu *jàzvasъ, *jàzvaxъ*
vocative *jàzvo *jàzvě *jàzvy

* -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.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ꙗзва (jazva)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: ꙗзва (jazva)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: я́зва (jázva)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “я́зва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ě̀zva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155:f. ā (a) ‘wound’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “jazva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 132; RPT 110)