Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebojь

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 *ne- (“not”) +‎ *bojati (“fear, be afraid”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, *b(o)i(ʔ)-aʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *bʰoyH-eh₂-.

Noun

*nebojь m

1. brave, daredevil

Declension

Declension of *nebojь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nebojь	*neboja	*neboji
genitive	*neboja	*neboju	*nebojь
dative	*neboju	*nebojema	*nebojemъ
accusative	*nebojь	*neboja	*neboję̇
instrumental	*nebojьmь, *nebojemь*	*nebojema	*neboji
locative	*neboji	*neboju	*nebojixъ
vocative	*neboju	*neboja	*neboji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: не́бій (nébij)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: niebój

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nebojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 106