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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/divota
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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 1
From *divъ (“delightful, astonishing, unusual”) + *-ota and deverbal from *diviti.
Declension
Declension of *divota (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *divota | *divotě | *divoty |
| genitive | *divoty | *divotu | *divotъ |
| dative | *divotě | *divotama | *divotamъ |
| accusative | *divotǫ | *divotě | *divoty |
| instrumental | *divotojǫ, *divotǫ** | *divotama | *divotami |
| locative | *divotě | *divotu | *divotasъ, *divotaxъ* |
| vocative | *divoto | *divotě | *divoty |
* -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).
** 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:
- Belarusian: (colloquial) дзіво́ты pl (dzivóty)
- Ukrainian: диво́та (dyvóta)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: диво̀та
- Latin script: divòta
- Slovene: (obsolete) divóta
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: (dialectal) divota
- Polish: (dialectal) dziwota
- ⇒ Polish: nie dziwota
- ⇒ Slovak: nie divota
- Pomeranian:
- Kashubian: dzëwota
References
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divota 1.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 223
Declension
Declension of *divota (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *divota | *divotě | *divoty |
| genitive | *divoty | *divotu | *divotъ |
| dative | *divotě | *divotama | *divotamъ |
| accusative | *divotǫ | *divotě | *divoty |
| instrumental | *divotojǫ, *divotǫ** | *divotama | *divotami |
| locative | *divotě | *divotu | *divotasъ, *divotaxъ* |
| vocative | *divoto | *divotě | *divoty |
* -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).
** 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
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дивота́ (divotá)
- ⇒ Macedonian: дивотина (divotina)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: (dialectal) divota
- Slovak: (rare) divota
- Pomeranian:
- ⇒ Kashubian: dzëwotka
- Slovincian: dzëwôta
References
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “divota 2.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 223
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*divota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 34
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