Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъľubъ

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 *sъľubiti +‎ *-ъ, from *sъ + *ľubiti (“to love”).

Noun

*sъľubъ m

1. marriage, matrimony
2. vow

Declension

Declension of *sъľubъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъľubъ	*sъľuba	*sъľubi
genitive	*sъľuba	*sъľubu	*sъľubъ
dative	*sъľubu	*sъľuboma	*sъľubomъ
accusative	*sъľubъ	*sъľuba	*sъľuby
instrumental	*sъľubъmь, *sъľubomь*	*sъľuboma	*sъľuby
locative	*sъľubě	*sъľubu	*sъľuběxъ
vocative	*sъľube	*sъľuba	*sъľubi

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сълюбъ (sŭljubŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: слюбъ (sljub)
      • Ukrainian: слюб (sljub) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: slib
  • Polish: ślub, szlub
    • → Old Ruthenian: шлюбъ (šljub)
      • Belarusian: шлюб (šljub)
      • Ukrainian: шлюб (šljub)
      • → Russian: шлюб (šljub) (dialectal)
  • Slovak: sľub
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: zlub
    • Upper Sorbian: slub

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шлюб”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 441
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шлюб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress