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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlva

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-eh₂, from *mlewH-.

Noun

*mъ̀lva f[1][2]

  1. speech

Inflection
Declension of *mъ̀lva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *mъ̀lva *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
genitive *mъ̀lvy *mъ̀lvu *mъ̀lvъ
dative *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvama *mъ̀lvamъ
accusative *mъ̀lvǫ *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
instrumental *mъ̀lvojǫ, *mъ̀lvǭ** *mъ̀lvama *mъ̀lvamī
locative *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvu *mъ̀lvasъ, *mъ̀lvaxъ*
vocative *mъ̀lvo *mъ̀lvě *mъ̀lvy
* -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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мъ́лва (mŭ́lva), мо́лва (mólva), мълъва (mŭlŭva)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: млъва (mlŭva)
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⰾⱏⰲⰰ (mlŭva)
      • → Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: мува (rare, literary, archaic)
        Latin script: muva (rare, literary, archaic)
    • Bulgarian: мълва́ (mǎlvá); млъва́ (mlǎvá) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъlva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 333: “f. ā ‘speech’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъlva”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 132)”
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