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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tvarь

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 *twōr(ʔ)-, from Proto-Indo-European *twōrH-, equivalent to *tvoriti +‎ *-ь. Cognate with Lithuanian tvorà (“fence”).

Noun

*tvȃrь f

  1. creation, creature

Declension
Declension of *tvȃrь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *tvȃrь *tvȃri *tvȃri
Accusative *tvȃrь *tvȃri *tvȃri
Genitive *tvarí *tvarьjù, *tvařu* *tvarь̀jь
Locative *tvarí *tvarьjù, *tvařu* *tvȃrьxъ
Dative *tvȃri *tvarьmà *tvȃrьmъ
Instrumental *tvarьjǫ́ *tvarьmà *tvarьmì
Vocative *tvari *tvȃri *tvȃri
* 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
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: тварь (tvarĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱅⰲⰰⱃⱐ (tvarĭ)
    • Bulgarian: твар (tvar)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: тва̑р
      Latin: tvȃr
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: tvář
    • Polish: twarz
    • Slovak: tvár
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: twaŕ
      • Upper Sorbian: twaŕ

Further reading
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tvȃrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “тварь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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