Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obyčajь

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 *obyčati (“to get fond of, to get used to”) +‎ *-ějь.

Noun

*obyčajь m

1. custom, tradition
2. habit, routine

   Synonyms: *navykъ, *obixodъ

Declension

Declension of *obyčajь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obyčajь	*obyčaja	*obyčaji
genitive	*obyčaja	*obyčaju	*obyčajь
dative	*obyčaju	*obyčajema	*obyčajemъ
accusative	*obyčajь	*obyčaja	*obyčaję̇
instrumental	*obyčajьmь, *obyčajemь*	*obyčajema	*obyčaji
locative	*obyčaji	*obyčaju	*obyčajixъ
vocative	*obyčaju	*obyčaja	*obyčaji

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

Derived terms

• *obyčajьnъ (“usual”)
• *obyčajьnostь (“tradition”)

Related terms

• *navykъ (“habit”)
• *obyčь (“fondness”)
• *učiti (“to learn”)
• *vyknǫti (“to accustom”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: обы́чай (obýčaj)
  • Ukrainian: обича́й (obyčáj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: обꙑчаи (obyčai)
  • Bulgarian: обича́й (običáj)
  • Macedonian: о́бичај (óbičaj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏бича̄ј

    Latin script: ȍbičāj

  • Slovene: običȃj
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: obyčěj
    • Czech: obyčej
  • Polish: obyczaj
  • Slovak: obyčaj

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обычай”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “обичай”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 745