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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xarobura

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Compound of *xarъ (dilapidated, shabby) +‎ *-o- +‎ *bura or *buriti. The analysis as an expressive transformation of *xarobylьje.

Noun

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*xarobura f[1]

  1. (West Slavic) something shabby or diseased

Declension

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Descendants

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  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: (dialectal) charabura (weak, sick person)

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xarobylьje? / *xarobura ?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 20