Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jazva

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *áiˀźwāˀ. Cognate with Latvian aĩza, Lithuanian áižа and Old Prussian eyswo.

    Noun

    *jàzva f[1][2]

    1. wound
    2. scar

    Declension

    Declension of *jàzva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *jàzva *jàzvě *jàzvy
    genitive *jàzvy *jàzvu *jàzvъ
    dative *jàzvě *jàzvama *jàzvamъ
    accusative *jàzvǫ *jàzvě *jàzvy
    instrumental *jàzvojǫ, *jàzvǭ** *jàzvama *jàzvamī
    locative *jàzvě *jàzvu *jàzvasъ, *jàzvaxъ*
    vocative *jàzvo *jàzvě *jàzvy

    * -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).

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: ꙗзва (jazva)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Cyrillic: ꙗзва (jazva)
        Glagolitic: [Term?]
      • Bulgarian: я́зва (jázva)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “я́зва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ě̀zva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155:f. ā (a) ‘wound’
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “jazva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (PR 132; RPT 110)