Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šivačь

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

Alternative reconstructions

*šьvačь (attested in West, East Slavic)

Etymology

*šivati (“to sew”) +‎ *-ačь

Noun

*šivačь m

Alternative form of *šьvьcь (“seamster”)

Inflection

Declension of *šivačь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*šivačь	*šivača	*šivači
Accusative	*šivačь	*šivača	*šivačę̇
Genitive	*šivača	*šivaču	*šivačь
Locative	*šivači	*šivaču	*šivačixъ
Dative	*šivaču	*šivačema	*šivačemъ
Instrumental	šivačьmь, šivačemь^*	*šivačema	*šivači
Vocative	*šivaču	*šivača	*šivači

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*šivačьka (feminine form)
*šivačьstvo (“tailoring”)
*šivačьskъ (“sartorial”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: шва́ч (šváč), пошива́ч (pošyváč) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: шива́ч (šiváč)
- Macedonian: шивач (šivač)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: шѝва̄ч
  
  Latin: šìvāč
West Slavic:
- Polish: szwacz

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