Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/oratva

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 *orati +‎ *-tva.

Noun

*oratva f

  1. plowing

Synonyms

  1. *oranьje, *oranъka, *oratьje

Inflection

Declension of *oratva (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *oratva *oratvě *oratvy
genitive *oratvy *oratvu *oratvъ
dative *oratvě *oratvama *oratvamъ
accusative *oratvǫ *oratvě *oratvy
instrumental *oratvojǫ, *oratvǫ** *oratvama *oratvami
locative *oratvě *oratvu *oratvasъ, *oratvaxъ*
vocative *oratvo *oratvě *oratvy

* -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: оратва (oratva)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: оратва (oratva), оратьба (oratĭba)
    • Old Slovene: oratva
      • Slovene: orȃtva, Slovene: orȃtev f
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: oratba

References

  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*oratva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 110
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