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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlva

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-Indo-European *mluH-eh₂, from *mlewH-.

Noun

*mъ̀lva f [1][2]

  1. speech

Inflection
Declension of *mъ̀lva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mъ̀lva *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
Accusative *mъ̀lvǫ *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
Genitive *mъ̀lvy *mъ̀lvu *mъ̀lvъ
Locative *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvu *mъ̀lvasъ, *mъ̀lvaxъ*
Dative *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvama *mъ̀lvamъ
Instrumental *mъ̀lvojǫ, *mъ̀lvǭ** *mъ̀lvama *mъ̀lvamī
Vocative *mъ̀lvo *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
* -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:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: млъва (mlŭva)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⰾⱏⰲⰰ (mlŭva)
    • Bulgarian: мълва́ (mǎlvá)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъlva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 333: “f. ā ‘speech’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “mъlva”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 132)”
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