Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьvanъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edit*čьvanъ m[1]
- Alternative form of *čьbanъ (“jug, pitcher”)
Declension
editDeclension of *čьvanъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *čьvanъ | *čьvana | *čьvani |
genitive | *čьvana | *čьvanu | *čьvanъ |
dative | *čьvanu | *čьvanoma | *čьvanomъ |
accusative | *čьvanъ | *čьvana | *čьvany |
instrumental | *čьvanъmь, *čьvanomь* | *čьvanoma | *čьvany |
locative | *čьvaně | *čьvanu | *čьvaněxъ |
vocative | *čьvane | *čьvana | *čьvani |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
References
editEtymology 2
editSubstantivized n-participle of *čьvati (“to booster”) + *-anъ. ESSJa distinguish the two meanings.
Adjective
edit*čьvanъ
- (East and possibly South Slavic) presumptuous, arrogant
- (Lechitic) sly, cunning
Declension
editDeclension of *čьvanъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *čьvanъ | *čьvana | *čьvani |
genitive | *čьvana | *čьvanu | *čьvanъ |
dative | *čьvanu | *čьvanoma | *čьvanomъ |
accusative | *čьvanъ | *čьvana | *čьvany |
instrumental | *čьvanъmь, *čьvanomь* | *čьvanoma | *čьvany |
locative | *čьvaně | *čьvanu | *čьvaněxъ |
vocative | *čьvane | *čьvana | *čьvani |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
edit- *čьvaniti (sę) (causative-iterative verb)
- *čьvanь, *čьvanьstvo (abstract nouns)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: cwany (“sly, cunning”)
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чван”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьvanъ I, *čьvanъ II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 178