Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)sadъ

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 *o(b)- +‎ *sadъ (“seat, setting”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Noun

*o(b)sadъ m

1. sedimentation, residue

   Synonyms: *utajьka, *skama, *droba

Declension

Declension of *o(b)sadъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)sadъ	*o(b)sada	*o(b)sadi
genitive	*o(b)sada	*o(b)sadu	*o(b)sadъ
dative	*o(b)sadu	*o(b)sadoma	*o(b)sadomъ
accusative	*o(b)sadъ	*o(b)sada	*o(b)sady
instrumental	*o(b)sadъmь, *o(b)sadomь*	*o(b)sadoma	*o(b)sady
locative	*o(b)sadě	*o(b)sadu	*o(b)saděxъ
vocative	*o(b)sade	*o(b)sada	*o(b)sadi

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

Related terms

• *sěsti (“to sit down”)
• *sěděti (“to sit”)
• *saditi (“to plant”)
• *orzsadъ (“seedlings”)
• *posadъ (“saplings”)
• *nasaďenьje (“plantation”)

Derived terms

• *o(b)sada (“siege, sheathing”)
  • *o(b)saditi (“to siege, to surround”)
  • *o(b)sadьnъ (“sieged, surrounded”)
• *o(b)sadъkъ (“sediment, sheathing”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: аса́дка (asádka)
  • Russian: оса́док (osádok)
  • Ukrainian: оса́д (osád)
• West Slavic:
  • → Czech: usazenina
  • Polish: osad
  • → Slovak: usadenina

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obsadъka/*obsadъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 145