Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korbi

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 *kȏrbъ +‎ *-i. Compare Lithuanian kar̃bija.

Noun

*korbi f

1. box, chest

Declension

Declension of *korbľà (ī-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*korbľà	*kȏrbľi	*kȏrbľę̇
genitive	*korbľę̇́	*korbľù	*kõrbľь
dative	*korbľì	*korbľàma	*korbľàmъ
accusative	*kȏrbľǫ	*kȏrbľi	*kȏrbľę̇
instrumental	*korbľejǫ́	*korbľàma	*korbľàmi
locative	*kȏrbľī	*korbľù	*korbľàsъ, *korbľàxъ*
vocative	*korbľe	*kȏrbľi	*kȏrbľę̇

^* -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

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: коробиꙗ (korobija)
    • Old Ruthenian: коробьꙗ (korobʹja), коробꙗ (korobja)
      • ⇒ Belarusian: (dialectal) коробэ́й m (korobéj)
    • Russian: (dialectal) ко́робья́ (kórobʹjá), коробея́ (korobejá)
  • Old Novgorodian: коробиꙗ (korobija)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⱃⰰⰱⰻⰻ (krabii)

    Old Cyrillic script: крабии (krabii)

    • → Old East Slavic: крабии (krabii)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: крабија

    Latin script: krabija

• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: krobia
    • Polish: krobia