Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gybělь

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 *gyb- +‎ *-ělь.

Noun

*gybělь f

1. destruction, loss, doom

   Synonym: *jьzguba

Inflection

Declension of *gybělь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gybělь	*gyběli	*gyběli
genitive	*gyběli	*gybělьju, *gyběľu*	*gybělьjь, *gyběli*
dative	*gyběli	*gybělьma	*gybělьmъ
accusative	*gybělь	*gyběli	*gyběli
instrumental	*gybělьjǫ, *gyběľǫ*	*gybělьma	*gybělьmi
locative	*gyběli	*gybělьju, *gyběľu*	*gybělьxъ
vocative	*gyběli	*gyběli	*gyběli

^* 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

• Church Slavonic: гꙑбель (gybelĭ) (Russian)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гꙑбель (gybelĭ)
    • Belarusian: гі́бель f (híbjelʹ)
    • Russian: ги́бель f (gíbelʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ги́бель f (hýbelʹ), ги́біль (hýbilʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: гꙑбѣль f (gybělĭ)
  • Bulgarian: ги́бел f (gíbel), гыбе́лъ (gybél)
  • Macedonian: гибел f (gibel)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ги́бељ f

• West Slavic: —

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гибель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gybelь, *gybělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 217