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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korvajь

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

Either from *korva (“cow”) +‎ *-jь or less likely from Pre-Slavic *korvъ (“curved”) +‎ *-ajь, effectively cognate with Latin curvus. The lemma is found mainly throughout East and South Slavic. West Slavic only employs the synonym Proto-Slavic *kolačь.

The etymology from *korva is based on the assumption that kravais are given to the bride during wedding as a symbol of fertility (associated with cows).

Noun

*korvajь m

  1. ritual bread (usually circular)
    Synonyms: *kolačь, *pogača
  2. loaf

Declension
Declension of *korvajь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *korvajь *korvaja *korvaji
genitive *korvaja *korvaju *korvajь
dative *korvaju *korvajema *korvajemъ
accusative *korvajь *korvaja *korvaję̇
instrumental *korvajьmь, *korvajemь* *korvajema *korvaji
locative *korvaji *korvaju *korvajixъ
vocative *korvaju *korvaja *korvaji
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: короваи (korovai)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: краваи (kravai)
    • Bulgarian: крава́й (kraváj)
    • Macedonian: кравај (kravaj)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кра̀ва̄ј
      Latin script: kràvāj
    • Slovene: kravȃj, krávaj
  • West Slavic:
    • Slovak: krajec

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korvajь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 112
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кравай”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 701
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