Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъbožьje

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 *sъ- (“good”) +‎ *bogъ (“god / property, share, portion”) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*sъbožьje n

1. corn, grain
2. goods, produce

Inflection

Declension of *sъbožьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъbožьje	*sъbožьji	*sъbožьja
genitive	*sъbožьja	*sъbožьju	*sъbožьjь
dative	*sъbožьju	*sъbožьjema	*sъbožьjemъ
accusative	*sъbožьje	*sъbožьji	*sъbožьja
instrumental	*sъbožьjьmь, *sъbožьjemь*	*sъbožьjema	*sъbožьji
locative	*sъbožьji	*sъbožьju	*sъbožьjixъ
vocative	*sъbožьje	*sъbožьji	*sъbožьja

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: збо́жжа (zbóžža)
  • Ukrainian: збі́жжя (zbížžja)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: sbožie
    • Czech: zboží
  • Kashubian: zbòżé
  • Polish: zboże
  • Slovak: zbožie
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: zbože
    • Lower Sorbian: zbóžo

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “богатый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “збіжжя”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka