Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъlšьba
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *vъlxy (“wiseman, witchdoctor”) + *-ьba (abstract suffix).
Noun
[edit]*vъlšьba f
- magic?, witchcraft?
Declension
[edit]Declension of *vъlšьba (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vъlšьba | *vъlšьbě | *vъlšьby |
| genitive | *vъlšьby | *vъlšьbu | *vъlšьbъ |
| dative | *vъlšьbě | *vъlšьbama | *vъlšьbamъ |
| accusative | *vъlšьbǫ | *vъlšьbě | *vъlšьby |
| instrumental | *vъlšьbojǫ, *vъlšьbǫ** | *vъlšьbama | *vъlšьbami |
| locative | *vъlšьbě | *vъlšьbu | *vъlšьbasъ, *vъlšьbaxъ* |
| vocative | *vъlšьbo | *vъlšьbě | *vъlšьby |
* -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).
** 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).
Descendants
[edit]- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: влъшьба (vlŭšĭba)
- → Russian: волшба́ (volšbá) (obsolete)
- ⇒ Russian: волше́бный (volšébnyj)
- → Russian: волшба́ (volšbá) (obsolete)
- Old Church Slavonic: влъшьба (vlŭšĭba)
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “волше́бный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress