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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrvьňa
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *dirˀwinjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dŕ̥Hweh₂. Cognate with Latvian dìrva (“arable land, field”), Lithuanian dirvà (“arable land, field”), Sanskrit दूर्वा (dū́rvā, “panic grass”).
Inflection
Declension of *dьrvьňa (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dьrvьňa | *dьrvьňi | *dьrvьňę̇ |
| Accusative | *dьrvьňǫ | *dьrvьňi | *dьrvьňę̇ |
| Genitive | *dьrvьňę̇ | *dьrvьňu | *dьrvьňь |
| Locative | *dьrvьňi | *dьrvьňu | *dьrvьňasъ, *dьrvьňaxъ* |
| Dative | *dьrvьňi | *dьrvьňama | *dьrvьňamъ |
| Instrumental | *dьrvьňejǫ, *dьrvьňǫ** | *dьrvьňama | *dьrvьňami |
| Vocative | *dьrvьňe | *dьrvьňi | *dьrvьňę̇ |
* -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).
** 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: дере́внꙗ (derévnja)
- Russian: дере́вня (derévnja)
- Old East Slavic: дере́внꙗ (derévnja)
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “дере́вня”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dьrvьņa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136: “f. jā ‘field’”
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