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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/govorъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gawaras, from Proto-Indo-European *gowH-oro-s, from *g⁽ʷ⁾ewH- (“to call, name”). Cognate with Latvian gaura (“chatter”). Cognate with Sanskrit जोगुवे (jóguve, “to call, to invoke”), Ancient Greek γόος (góos, “wailing, weeping”).
Noun
- (originally) prattle, grumble
- Synonyms: *rъpъtъ, *bъltanьje
- (eventually) vocalization, utterance
- (abstract) talk, speech
- Synonym: *rěčь
- (by extension) vernacular (style of talking)
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension of *gȍvorъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *gȍvorъ | *gȍvora | *gȍvori |
genitive | *gȍvora | *govorù | *govòrъ |
dative | *gȍvoru | *govoromà | *govoròmъ |
accusative | *gȍvorъ | *gȍvora | *gȍvory |
instrumental | *gȍvorъmь, *gȍvoromь* | *govoromà | *govorý |
locative | *gȍvorě | *govorù | *govorě̃xъ |
vocative | *govore | *gȍvora | *gȍvori |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
In Ukrainian, Slovincian:
Declension of *gȍvorъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
Derived terms
Verbs:
- *govorìti (“to talk, to speak”)
- *govorъkati (“to chatter, to mumble”)
Nouns:
- *dogovorъ (“contract, agreement”)
- *jьzgovorъ (“pronunciation”)
- *nagovorъ (“verbal dispute, slander”), *nagovorъka (“chitter-chatter”)
- *pergovorъ (“negotiation”)
- *pоgovorъ, *pоgovorъka (“proverb, saying”)
- *prigovorъ (“objection, verdict”)
- *progovorъ (“utterance”)
- *ogovorъ (“slander”) (East Slavic)
- *otъgovorъ (“response”)
- *orzgovorъ (“conversation”)
- *sъgovorъ (“concord”)
- *ugovorъ, *ugovorъka (“agreement”)
- *vygovorъ (“rebuke”)
- *zagovorъ (“conspiracy, complot”)
Adjectives:
- *govorьnъ, *govorьskъ (“related to speech, vocalization”)
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “говор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*govorъ/*govora”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 76
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “говор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 258
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*gȍvorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 181: “m. o ‘talk’”
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “govor”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *gȍvorъ”
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