Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъvada

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

By surface analysis, *sъ(n)- +‎ *vada

Noun

*sъvada f

brawl, scuffle

Declension

Declension of *sъvada (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъvada	*sъvadě	*sъvady
genitive	*sъvady	*sъvadu	*sъvadъ
dative	*sъvadě	*sъvadama	*sъvadamъ
accusative	*sъvadǫ	*sъvadě	*sъvady
instrumental	sъvadojǫ, sъvadǫ^**	*sъvadama	*sъvadami
locative	*sъvadě	*sъvadu	sъvadasъ, sъvadaxъ^*
vocative	*sъvado	*sъvadě	*sъvady

^* -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 Ruthenian: звада (zvada)
  - Belarusian: зва́да (zváda)
  - Ukrainian: зва́да (zváda)
- Russian: сва́да (sváda) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⱏⰲⰰⰴⰰ (sŭvada)
  
  Old Cyrillic script: съвада (sŭvada)
  - Bulgarian: сва̀да (svàda)
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сва̏ђа
  
  Latin script: svȁđa
West Slavic:
- Czech: sváda (archaic)
- Kashubian: zwada
- Old Polish: zwada
  - Polish: zwada
  - Silesian: swada

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: sfadă