Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obortъ

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

Resultant noun of Proto-Slavic *ob(v)ersti. By surface analysis, *ob- +‎ *vortъ.

Noun

*obòrtъ m

1. reversal, turnaround
2. turning point

Inflection

Declension of *obortъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obortъ	*oborta	*oborti
genitive	*oborta	*obortu	*obortъ
dative	*obortu	*obortoma	*obortomъ
accusative	*obortъ	*oborta	*oborty
instrumental	*obortъmь, *obortomь*	*obortoma	*oborty
locative	*obortě	*obortu	*obortěxъ
vocative	*oborte	*oborta	*oborti

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

Derived terms

• *obortьnъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: абарот (abarót)
  • Russian: оборо́т (oborót)
    • → Bulgarian: оборо́т (oborót, “turnover”)
  • Ukrainian: о́борот (óborot)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: о́брат (óbrat), обра́т (obrát)
  • Macedonian: обрат (obrat)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏брат

    Latin script: ȍbrat

  • Slovene: obrȁt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: obrat
  • Polish: obrót
  • Slovak: obrat

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: obraţie

References

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “обрат”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 753