Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čarovьnikъ

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 *čarovati +‎ *-ьnikъ.

Noun

*čarovьnikъ m

1. wizard, magician, sorcerer

Inflection

Declension of *čarovьnikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čarovьnikъ	*čarovьnika	*čarovьnici
genitive	*čarovьnika	*čarovьniku	*čarovьnikъ
dative	*čarovьniku	*čarovьnikoma	*čarovьnikomъ
accusative	*čarovьnikъ	*čarovьnika	*čarovьniky
instrumental	*čarovьnikъmь, *čarovьnikomь*	*čarovьnikoma	*čarovьniky
locative	*čarovьnicě	*čarovьniku	*čarovьnicěxъ
vocative	*čarovьniče	*čarovьnika	*čarovьnici

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чаровьникъ (čarovĭnikŭ)
    • Belarusian: чараўні́к (čaraŭník)
    • Russian: чаровни́к (čarovník) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: чарівни́к (čarivnýk)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: чаро̀вник (čaròvnik)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: чаровник

    Latin script: čarovnik

  • Slovene: čarȏvnik (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: čarovník
  • Kashubian: czarownik
  • Old Polish: czarownik
    • Polish: czarownik
    • Silesian: czarownik
  • Slovak: čarovník
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: čarownik