Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žaloba

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 *žàlь +‎ *-oba.

Noun

*žaloba f

1. mourning

Declension

Declension of *žaloba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žaloba	*žalobě	*žaloby
genitive	*žaloby	*žalobu	*žalobъ
dative	*žalobě	*žalobama	*žalobamъ
accusative	*žalobǫ	*žalobě	*žaloby
instrumental	*žalobojǫ, *žalobǫ**	*žalobama	*žalobami
locative	*žalobě	*žalobu	*žalobasъ, *žalobaxъ*
vocative	*žalobo	*žalobě	*žaloby

^* -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:
  • Old East Slavic: жалоба (žaloba), жꙗлоба (žjaloba)
    • Old Ruthenian: жало́ба (žalóba), жалу́ба (žalúba), жоло́ба (žolóba)
      • Belarusian: жало́ба (žalóba)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: жало́ба (žalóba)
      • Ukrainian: жало́ба (žalóba)
    • Russian: жа́лоба (žáloba)
  • Old Novgorodian: жалоба (žaloba)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: žalóba (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: žaloba
  • Kashubian: žałoba
  • Polish: żałoba
  • Slovak: žaloba

Further reading

• Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “жа́лоба”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 276
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “жало́ба”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika