жѧтва

See also: жатва

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žętva. By surface analysis, жѧти (žęti) +‎ -тва (-tva).

Noun

жѧтва • (žętva) f

1. harvest
   • “ⰶⱔⱅⰲⰰ (line 2, leaf 6.5)”, in Codex Marianus [Ф.87 №6]‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1016±16, page Mt:9:37:

     жѧтва ꙋбо мънога а дѣлатель мало ·

     žętva ubo mŭnoga a dělatelĭ malo ·

     The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

Declension

Declension of жѧтва (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	жѧтва žętva	жѧтвѣ žętvě	жѧтвꙑ žętvy
genitive	жѧтвꙑ žętvy	жѧтвоу žętvu	жѧтвъ žętvŭ
dative	жѧтвѣ žętvě	жѧтвама žętvama	жѧтвамъ žętvamŭ
accusative	жѧтвѫ žętvǫ	жѧтвѣ žętvě	жѧтвꙑ žętvy
instrumental	жѧтвоѭ žętvojǫ	жѧтвама žętvama	жѧтвами žętvami
locative	жѧтвѣ žętvě	жѧтвоу žętvu	жѧтвахъ žętvaxŭ
vocative	жѧтво žętvo	жѧтвѣ žętvě	жѧтвꙑ žętvy

Derived terms

• жѧтвьнъ (žętvĭnŭ)

Further reading

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “жѧтва”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 222