Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/diva

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 *divъ (“some kind of a demon”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*diva f (masculine *divъ)

female equivalent of *divъ (“some kind of a demon”).

Declension

Declension of *diva (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*diva	*divě	*divy
genitive	*divy	*divu	*divъ
dative	*divě	*divama	*divamъ
accusative	*divǫ	*divě	*divy
instrumental	divojǫ, divǫ^**	*divama	*divami
locative	*divě	*divu	divasъ, divaxъ^*
vocative	*divo	*divě	*divy

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дива (diva)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: (dialectal) ди́ва (díva)
  - ⇒ Bulgarian: (dialectal) дива-самодива (diva-samodiva), самоди́ва (samodíva)
- Macedonian: самодива (samodiva)
West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
  - ⇒? Upper Sorbian: dźiwica

References