Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(j)edъva

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

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Etymology

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The first element is possibly the same as in *edinъ (see there for more). For *-va, confer Bulgarian дава́ (davá, probably, perhaps) and Czech sotva. Furthermore, cognate with Lithuanian võs (hardly), vos ne vos (scarcely).

Variations with l- possibly contain a particle *le (see еле).

Adverb

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*(j)edъva

  1. barely, scarcely

Descendants

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Further reading

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