Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ďupa

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *djaupāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewp-eh₂, from *dʰewp-, alternative form of *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).^[1]^[2]^[3] Doublet of *dupa.

Noun

*ďupa f^[1]^[2]^[3]

hole

Inflection

Declension of *ďupa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ďupa	*ďupě	*ďupy
genitive	*ďupy	*ďupu	*ďupъ
dative	*ďupě	*ďupama	*ďupamъ
accusative	*ďupǫ	*ďupě	*ďupy
instrumental	ďupojǫ, ďupǫ^**	*ďupama	*ďupami
locative	*ďupě	*ďupu	ďupasъ, ďupaxъ^*
vocative	*ďupo	*ďupě	*ďupy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- >? Belarusian: жо́па (žópa)
- Middle Russian: жо́па (žópa), жу́па (žúpa)
  - Russian: жо́па (žópa)
- Old Novgorodian: жопа (žopa)
- Ukrainian: жо́па (žópa)
West Slavic:
- Czech: ďupa (dialectal)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Zaliznyak, Andrey (2013) “К истории слов. Просторечное жопа”, in Slavica Svetlanica. Язык и картина мира‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Indrik, →ISBN, pages 36–41: “*djupa”
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Anikin, A. E. (2023) “жóпа”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 51
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Anikin, A. E. (2021) “дýпа”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 128: “жóпа < жýпа < *djupa < *dheup-ā ― žópa < žýpa < *djupa < *dheup-ā”

Gippius, A. A. (actor) (December 19, 2020), “«Игра в слова»: берестяная грамота № 1131 в эпиграфическом контексте” (25:35 from the start), in Эпиграфические итоги 2020 года‎^[2] (in Russian), Institute for Slavic Studies of the RAS
Vasmer, Max (1967) “жо́па”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 61
Stavytska, L. O. (2008) “жо́па”, in Українська мова без табу [Ukrainian Language without Taboos] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Krytyka, →ISBN, page 169

[Zaliznyak:2013-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Zaliznyak, Andrey (2013) “К истории слов. Просторечное жопа”, in Slavica Svetlanica. Язык и картина мира‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Indrik, →ISBN, pages 36–41: “*djupa”

[Anikin1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Anikin, A. E. (2023) “жóпа”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 51

[Anikin2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Anikin, A. E. (2021) “дýпа”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 128: “жóпа < жýпа < *djupa < *dheup-ā ― žópa < žýpa < *djupa < *dheup-ā”

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