Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rǫbъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *rámbas. Baltic cognates include Latvian robs, Lithuanian rum̃bas.

Noun

*rǫbъ m

1. rim, edge

Inflection

Declension of *rǫ̑bъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rǫ̑bъ	*rǫ̑ba	*rǫ̑bi
genitive	*rǫ̑ba	*rǫbù	*rǫ̃bъ
dative	*rǫ̑bu	*rǫbomà	*rǫbòmъ
accusative	*rǫ̑bъ	*rǫ̑ba	*rǫ̑by
instrumental	*rǫ̑bъmь, *rǫ̑bomь*	*rǫbomà	*rǫbý
locative	*rǫ̑bě	*rǫbù	*rǫbě̃xъ
vocative	*rǫbe	*rǫ̑ba	*rǫ̑bi

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

Related terms

• *rǫbìti (“to chop, to hem”)
• *rǫbežь
• *rǫbaxa (“shirt”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рубъ (rubŭ)
  • Belarusian: руб (rub)
  • Russian: руб (rub)
  • Ukrainian: руб (rub)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb, “hem, edge, border”), ръмп (rǎmp) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: раб (rab)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: руб, обруб

    Latin: rub, obrub

  • Slovene: rób (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: rub
  • Polish: rąb (obsolete), rąbek, obręb
  • Slovak: rub, obruba
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: rub
    • Upper Sorbian: rub

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “руб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress