Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъdoba

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”) +‎ *doba.

Noun

*sъdoba f

decoration

Inflection

Declension of *sъdoba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sъdoba	*sъdobě	*sъdoby
genitive	*sъdoby	*sъdobu	*sъdobъ
dative	*sъdobě	*sъdobama	*sъdobamъ
accusative	*sъdobǫ	*sъdobě	*sъdoby
instrumental	sъdobojǫ, sъdobǫ^**	*sъdobama	*sъdobami
locative	*sъdobě	*sъdobu	sъdobasъ, sъdobaxъ^*
vocative	*sъdobo	*sъdobě	*sъdoby

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: здо́ба (zdóba)
- Russian: сдо́ба (sdóba)
  - → Ukrainian: здо́ба (zdóba)
- Ukrainian: здіб (zdib)
West Slavic:
- Czech: zdoba
- Polish: zdoba (obsolete)
- Slovak: zdoba

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сдоба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “сдоба”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nesъdoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 28
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obsъdoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 187