Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zěvъ

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 *zěvàti +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*zěvъ m

yawn

Declension

Declension of *zěvъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zěvъ	*zěva	*zěvi
genitive	*zěva	*zěvu	*zěvъ
dative	*zěvu	*zěvoma	*zěvomъ
accusative	*zěvъ	*zěva	*zěvy
instrumental	zěvъmь, zěvomь^*	*zěvoma	*zěvy
locative	*zěvě	*zěvu	*zěvěxъ
vocative	*zěve	*zěva	*zěvi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂-‎ (0 c, 13 e)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *зѣвъ (*zěvŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: *зѣвъ (*zěv)
    - Belarusian: зеў (zjeŭ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: зїв (zjiv)
    - Ukrainian: зів (ziv)
  - Russian: зев (zev)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Bulgarian: зев (zev)
  - Macedonian: зев (zev)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зе̑в, зије̑в
  
  Latin script: zȇv, zijȇv
- Slovene: zę̀v, zę̑v (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: zev (obsolete)
- Polish: ziew (obsolete)