Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svatьba

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *svatъ (“kinsman”) +‎ *-ьba.

Noun edit

*svatьba f

wedding

Declension edit

Declension of *svatьba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*svatьba	*svatьbě	*svatьby
genitive	*svatьby	*svatьbu	*svatьbъ
dative	*svatьbě	*svatьbama	*svatьbamъ
accusative	*svatьbǫ	*svatьbě	*svatьby
instrumental	svatьbojǫ, svatьbǫ^**	*svatьbama	*svatьbami
locative	*svatьbě	*svatьbu	svatьbasъ, svatьbaxъ^*
vocative	*svatьbo	*svatьbě	*svatьby

^* -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 edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сватьба (svatĭba)
  - Belarusian: сва́дзьба (svádzʹba)
  - Russian: сва́дьба (svádʹba)
  - Ukrainian: сва́дьба (svádʹba), сва́йба (svájba)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: сватьба (svatĭba)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱄⰲⰰⱅⱐⰱⰰ (svatĭba)
- Bulgarian: сва́тба (svátba)
- Macedonian: свадба (svadba)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: сва̀дба
  
  Latin script: svàdba
- Slovene: svȃtba, svȃdba (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: svatba
  - Czech: svatba
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): svarba
    - Moravian (Mistřice): svaďba
- Old Polish: swadźba
- Slovak: svadba
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: swajźba, swaźba