Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nъťьvy

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perchance from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”).

Noun

*nъťьvy f pl

  1. tray, trough, wooden tub wherein one performs household jobs
    1. kneading trough
    Synonym: *korỳto

Inflection

Declension of *nъťьvy (hard a-stem, plural only)
plural
nominative *nъťьvy
genitive *nъťьvъ
dative *nъťьvamъ
accusative *nъťьvy
instrumental *nъťьvami
locative *nъťьvasъ, *nъťьvaxъ*
vocative *nъťьvy

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: нъчьвꙑ (nŭčĭvy), ночьвꙑ (nočĭvy)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: нъштвꙑ f pl (nŭštvy), нъштви f pl (nŭštvi)
    • Bulgarian: но̀щвѝ f pl (nòštvì); dialectally нъ́щви f pl (nǎ́štvi), нъшки́ f pl (nǎškí), нъ́чви f pl (nǎ́čvi), но́кви f pl (nókvi), ношкови́ f pl (noškoví), нъщови́ f pl (nǎštoví), но̀щовѝ f pl (nòštovì), не́шкеви f pl (néškevi) and others
    • Macedonian: ноќви f pl (noḱvi), ношви f pl (nošvi) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: на̏ћве f pl, навће, млаћве (dialectal)
      Latin script: nȁćve f pl, navće, mlaćve (dialectal)
    • Slovene: nəčkẹ̑, nəškẹ̑, nəčvẹ̑ f pl (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: necky f pl
    • Lechitic:
      • Old Polish: niecki f pl
        • Polish: niecki f pl; also niecka f sg
          • → Ukrainian: не́цьки f pl (nécʹky)
      • Polabian: nacṭai f pl
      • Slovincian: njêchy f pl
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: ńacki, ńecki f pl
      • Upper Sorbian: mjecki f pl

Further reading

  • Ночвы, начоўкі on the Belarusian Wikipedia.Wikipedia be
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/nъťьvy”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 359
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nъktjьky/*nьktjьky; *nъktjьvy/*nьktjьvy”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 26 (*novoukъ(jь) – *obgorditi), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 51–54
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ночва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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