Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obьťa
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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]Etymology 1
[edit]Nominalization of *obьťa (“common”).
Noun
[edit]*obьťa f[1]
- (North Slavic) Synonym of *obьťь (“community”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *obьťa (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *obьťa | *obьťi | *obьťę̇ |
| genitive | *obьťę̇ | *obьťu | *obьťь |
| dative | *obьťi | *obьťama | *obьťamъ |
| accusative | *obьťǫ | *obьťi | *obьťę̇ |
| instrumental | *obьťejǫ, *obьťǫ** | *obьťama | *obьťami |
| locative | *obьťi | *obьťu | *obьťasъ, *obьťaxъ* |
| vocative | *obьťe | *obьťi | *obьťę̇ |
* -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.
** 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).
** 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Etymology 2
[edit]
Adjective
[edit]*obьťa
- feminine nominative singular of *obьťь
- masculine/neuter genitive singular of *obьťь
- masculine nominative/accusative/vocative dual of *obьťь
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of *obьťь
References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “obьtjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 161