Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dubъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.

Noun

*dubъ m

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Inflection

Declension of *dubъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dubъ	*duba	*dubi
genitive	*duba	*dubu	*dubъ
dative	*dubu	*duboma	*dubomъ
accusative	*dubъ	*duba	*duby
instrumental	*dubъmь, *dubomь*	*duboma	*duby
locative	*dubě	*dubu	*duběxъ
vocative	*dube	*duba	*dubi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

See also

• *ďubati
• *dybati, *dyba
• *dъno (“buttom”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ду́ба (dúba, adv.)
  • Ukrainian: ду́бом (dúbom, adv.), ду́ба (dúba, adv.)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: дуба (duba, adv.)
  • Serbo-Croatian: дубак (noun), дупкӣ (adj.), дупке (adv.)
  • Slovene: dȗbek (noun)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: dubkem (adv.)
  • Slovak: dupkom, dubkom (adv.)

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dubъ, *dubъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 145