Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-oba

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

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Suffix

*-oba f

1. Deadjectival, forming abstract nouns; -ness.

   Synonyms: *-ota, *-ostь, *-ь, *-ina, *-yni, *-ědь

   *bělъ (“white”) → *běloba (“whiteness”)

   *blědъ (“pale”) → *blědoba (“paleness”)

   *gnusъ → *gnusoba

   *gъrdъ → *gъrdoba

   *xudъ (“thin, feable”) → *xudoba (“thinness”)

   *xvorъ (“ill”) → *xvoroba (“illness”)

   *lěnъ (“lazy”) → *lěnoba (“laziness”)

   *lьgъ → *lьgoba

   *milъ → *miloba

   *mъdьlъ (“weak”) → *mъdьloba (“weakness”)

   *zъlъ → *zъloba

2. ?

   *gonъ, *goniti → *gonoba

   *kukъ → *kukoba

   *lěka／*lěkъ → *lěkoba

   *ǫtro → *ǫtroba

Declension

Declension of *-oba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-oba	*-obě	*-oby
genitive	*-oby	*-obu	*-obъ
dative	*-obě	*-obama	*-obamъ
accusative	*-obǫ	*-obě	*-oby
instrumental	*-obojǫ, *-obǫ**	*-obama	*-obami
locative	*-obě	*-obu	*-obasъ, *-obaxъ*
vocative	*-obo	*-obě	*-oby

^* -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).

See also

• *-ьba, *-ьda, *-oda, *-oga

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-oba

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: -оба (-oba)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -оба (-oba)
    • Belarusian: -о́ба (-óba)
    • Russian: -оба́ (-obá), -о́ба (-óba)
    • Ukrainian: -о́ба (-óba)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -о̀ба

    Latin script: -òba

  • Slovene: -óba
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: -oba
    • Czech: -oba
  • Polish: -oba
  • Slovak: -oba
  • Slovincian: -oba
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: -oba
    • Lower Sorbian: -oba

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běloba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 68
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blědoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 111
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gnusoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 182
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gonobiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 24
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrdoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 205
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xudoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 110
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xvoroba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 128
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kukoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 90
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lěkoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 198
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lěnoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 207
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lьgoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*miloba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 36
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъdьloba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 209