Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divota
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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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From *divъ (“delightful, astonishing, unusual”) + *-ota and deverbal from *diviti.
Noun edit
*divota f[1]
- admiration, delight, astonishment
- that which causes delight, astonishment
Declension edit
Declension of *divota (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *divota | *divotě | *divoty |
| genitive | *divoty | *divotu | *divotъ |
| dative | *divotě | *divotama | *divotamъ |
| accusative | *divotǫ | *divotě | *divoty |
| instrumental | *divotojǫ, *divotǫ** | *divotama | *divotami |
| locative | *divotě | *divotu | *divotasъ, *divotaxъ* |
| vocative | *divoto | *divotě | *divoty |
* -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 edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: (dialectal) divota
- Polish: (dialectal) dziwota
- ⇒ Polish: nie dziwota
- ⇒ Slovak: nie divota
- Pomeranian:
- Kashubian: dzëwota
References edit
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divota 1.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 223
Etymology 2 edit
From *divъ (“feral, wild”) + *-ota.
Noun edit
Declension edit
Declension of *divota (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *divota | *divotě | *divoty |
| genitive | *divoty | *divotu | *divotъ |
| dative | *divotě | *divotama | *divotamъ |
| accusative | *divotǫ | *divotě | *divoty |
| instrumental | *divotojǫ, *divotǫ** | *divotama | *divotami |
| locative | *divotě | *divotu | *divotasъ, *divotaxъ* |
| vocative | *divoto | *divotě | *divoty |
* -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 edit
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divota 2.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 223
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*divota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 34