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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/griva

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *grī́ˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHweh₂. Cognate with Sanskrit ग्रीवा (grīvā́, “neck”).

Noun

*grìva f [1][2]

  1. mane

Inflection
Declension of *grìva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *grìva *grìvě *grìvy
Accusative *grìvǫ *grìvě *grìvy
Genitive *grìvy *grìvu *grìvъ
Locative *grìvě *grìvu *grìvasъ, *grìvaxъ*
Dative *grìvě *grìvama *grìvamъ
Instrumental *grìvojǫ, *grìvǭ** *grìvama *grìvamī
Vocative *grìvo *grìvě *grìvy
* -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

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*grìva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189: “f. ā (a) ‘mane’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “griva grivy”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a mane (NA 136, 138, 143; SA 18; PR 132; RPT 110)”
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