Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tvorьcь

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 *tvoriti (“to make”) +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*tvorьcь m

1. creator, maker

Declension

Declension of *tvorьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tvorьcь	*tvorьca	*tvorьci
genitive	*tvorьca	*tvorьcu	*tvorьcь
dative	*tvorьcu	*tvorьcema	*tvorьcemъ
accusative	*tvorьcь	*tvorьca	*tvorьcę̇
instrumental	*tvorьcьmь, *tvorьcemь*	*tvorьcema	*tvorьci
locative	*tvorьci	*tvorьcu	*tvorьcixъ
vocative	*tvorьče	*tvorьca	*tvorьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: тварэ́ц (tvaréc)
  • Russian: творе́ц (tvoréc)
  • Ukrainian: творе́ць (tvorécʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: творьць (tvorĭcĭ)

  • Bulgarian: творе́ц (tvoréc)
  • Macedonian: творец (tvorec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тво́рац

    Latin script: tvórac

• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: tworzec

Further reading

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “творя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 867