Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dǫbrava
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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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Most likely containing *dǫ̑bъ (“oak”) via a *-rъ adjective *dǫbrъ. For the semantic development from “oak” to “forest”, compare Ottoman Turkish میشه (meşe) which developed just in the reverse direction from “forest” to “oak” in about half a millennium, however the suffix is uncertain and the derivation of the word for the oak too.
Noun
[edit]*dǫbrava f
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *dǫbravà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dǫbravà | *dǫ̑bravě | *dǫ̑bravy |
| genitive | *dǫbravý | *dǫbravù | *dǫbrãvъ |
| dative | *dǫbravě̀ | *dǫbravàma | *dǫbravàmъ |
| accusative | *dǫ̑bravǫ | *dǫ̑bravě | *dǫ̑bravy |
| instrumental | *dǫbravojǫ́ | *dǫbravàma | *dǫbravàmi |
| locative | *dǫ̑bravě | *dǫbravù | *dǫbravàsъ, *dǫbravàxъ* |
| vocative | *dǫbravo | *dǫ̑bravě | *dǫ̑bravy |
* -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.
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: dumbravă
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dǫbrava/*dǫbrova”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 93
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дубрава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress