"šьvьcь" meaning in Proto-Slavic

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Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sjuwikas, *sjuwikis. Equivalent to *šiti (“to sew”) + *-ьcь. Cognate with Lithuanian siuvi̇̀kas, siuvikis (“tailor”), Old Prussian schuwikis (“tailor”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sla-pro|ine-bsl-pro|*sjuwikas}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *sjuwikas, {{affix|sla-pro|*šiti|*-ьcь|t1=to sew}} *šiti (“to sew”) + *-ьcь, {{cog|lt|siuvìkas}} Lithuanian siuvi̇̀kas, {{cog|prg|schuwikis||tailor}} Old Prussian schuwikis (“tailor”) Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun}} Forms: *šivačь [alternative], *šьvačь [alternative], no-table-tags [table-tags], šьvьcь [nominative, singular], šьvьca [dual, nominative], šьvьci [nominative, plural], šьvьca [genitive, singular], šьvьcu [dual, genitive], šьvьcь [genitive, plural], šьvьcu [dative, singular], šьvьcema [dative, dual], šьvьcemъ [dative, plural], šьvьcь [accusative, singular], šьvьca [accusative, dual], šьvьcę̇ [accusative, plural], šьvьcьmь [instrumental, singular], šьvьcemь [instrumental, singular], šьvьcema [dual, instrumental], šьvьci [instrumental, plural], šьvьci [locative, singular], šьvьcu [dual, locative], šьvьcixъ [locative, plural], šьvьče [singular, vocative], šьvьca [dual, vocative], šьvьci [plural, vocative]
  1. (generally) seamster (person who sews) Wikipedia link: Rick Derksen Tags: masculine, reconstruction Synonyms: *krojačь, *kravьcь, *obuťařь, *postolařь Derived forms: šьvьkyni, šьvaxa (english: seamstress; feminine forms) Related terms: šьvajьka (english: sewing tool), šidlo (english: awl) Related terms (*šьvъ (“stitch”)): šьvica (english: embroidery)

Alternative forms

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        {
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            },
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              "lang_code": "ru",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "name": "affix"
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        "1": "prg",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "*šivačь",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*šьvačь",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "šьvьca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "šьvьcu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "šьvьcu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "šьvьcema",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcemъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "form": "šьvьcę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "šьvьcьmь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "šьvьcemь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "šьvьci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcixъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьče",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šьvьcь",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ьcь",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "šьvьkyni"
        },
        {
          "english": "seamstress; feminine forms",
          "translation": "seamstress; feminine forms",
          "word": "šьvaxa"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "→ tailor, dressmaker (seamster who makes clothing)"
        },
        {
          "text": "→ cobbler, shoemaker (seamster who makes footwear)"
        }
      ],
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        "seamster (person who sews)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "seamster",
          "seamster"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(generally) seamster (person who sews)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "embroidery",
          "sense": "*šьvъ (“stitch”)",
          "translation": "embroidery",
          "word": "šьvica"
        },
        {
          "english": "sewing tool",
          "translation": "sewing tool",
          "word": "šьvajьka"
        },
        {
          "english": "awl",
          "translation": "awl",
          "word": "šidlo"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*krojačь"
        },
        {
          "word": "*kravьcь"
        },
        {
          "word": "*obuťařь"
        },
        {
          "word": "*postolařь"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Rick Derksen"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "šьvьcь"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "šьvьkyni"
    },
    {
      "english": "seamstress; feminine forms",
      "translation": "seamstress; feminine forms",
      "word": "šьvaxa"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Belarusian",
              "lang_code": "be",
              "roman": "šavjéc",
              "word": "шаве́ц"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Russian",
              "lang_code": "ru",
              "roman": "švec",
              "word": "швец"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Ukrainian",
              "lang_code": "uk",
              "roman": "švecʹ",
              "word": "швець"
            }
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          "roman": "šĭvĭcĭ",
          "word": "шьвьць"
        }
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Cyrillic script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "word": "ша́вац"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Latin script",
              "lang_code": "sh",
              "word": "šávac"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "lang_code": "sh"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "South Slavic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "unknown",
                  "lang_code": "cs",
                  "word": "ševc"
                }
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              "lang_code": "cs",
              "word": "švec"
            }
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          "lang_code": "zlw-ocs",
          "word": "švec"
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        {
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              "lang_code": "pl",
              "word": "szewc"
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                "Central Greater Poland",
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              ],
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              "word": "siewc"
            },
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              "word": "szwiec"
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          "word": "szwiec"
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              "word": "szewc"
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          "lang_code": "unknown"
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              "word": "šejc"
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              "word": "šewc"
            }
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        }
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "affix"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "tailor"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sjuwikas, *sjuwikis. Equivalent to *šiti (“to sew”) + *-ьcь. Cognate with Lithuanian siuvi̇̀kas, siuvikis (“tailor”), Old Prussian schuwikis (“tailor”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "*šivačь",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*šьvačь",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "šьvьcь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcema",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcemъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcę̇",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcьmь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcemь",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcema",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьcixъ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьče",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "šьvьci",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šьvьcь",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "embroidery",
      "sense": "*šьvъ (“stitch”)",
      "translation": "embroidery",
      "word": "šьvica"
    },
    {
      "english": "sewing tool",
      "translation": "sewing tool",
      "word": "šьvajьka"
    },
    {
      "english": "awl",
      "translation": "awl",
      "word": "šidlo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Slavic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic soft masculine o-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic soft o-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ьcь",
        "sla-pro:Occupations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "→ tailor, dressmaker (seamster who makes clothing)"
        },
        {
          "text": "→ cobbler, shoemaker (seamster who makes footwear)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seamster (person who sews)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seamster",
          "seamster"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "generally",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(generally) seamster (person who sews)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*krojačь"
        },
        {
          "word": "*kravьcь"
        },
        {
          "word": "*obuťařь"
        },
        {
          "word": "*postolařь"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Rick Derksen"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "šьvьcь"
}

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