Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pavъ

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Proto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Cognate with Latvian pāvs, Lithuanian povas.

Noun edit

*pavъ m

peacock

Declension edit

Declension of *pavъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pavъ	*pava	*pavi
genitive	*pava	*pavu	*pavъ
dative	*pavu	*pavoma	*pavomъ
accusative	*pavъ	*pava	*pavy
instrumental	pavъmь, pavomь^*	*pavoma	*pavy
locative	*pavě	*pavu	*pavěxъ
vocative	*pave	*pava	*pavi

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

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Russian: па́ва (páva)
- Ukrainian: па́ва (páva)
- Belarusian: па́ва (páva)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: páv
West Slavic:
- Czech: páv
- Polish: paw
- Slovak: páv
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: paw
  - Lower Sorbian: paw

Non-Slavic:
- → Hungarian: páva