Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zabordlo

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 *za- +‎ *bordlo.

Noun

*zabordlo n

1. defensive wall or obstacle

   Synonym: *bordlo

Inflection

Declension of *zabordlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zabordlo	*zabordlě	*zabordla
genitive	*zabordla	*zabordlu	*zabordlъ
dative	*zabordlu	*zabordloma	*zabordlomъ
accusative	*zabordlo	*zabordlě	*zabordla
instrumental	*zabordlъmь, *zabordlomь*	*zabordloma	*zabordly
locative	*zabordlě	*zabordlu	*zabordlěxъ
vocative	*zabordlo	*zabordlě	*zabordla

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: забороло (zaborolo)
    • Old Ruthenian: заборо́ло (zaborólo)
      • Ukrainian: заборо́ло (zaborólo)
    • Russian: заборо́ло (zaborólo) (obsolete)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: забрало (zabralo)

    Glagolitic script: ⰸⰰⰱⱃⰰⰾⱁ (zabralo)

    • → Belarusian: забра́ла (zabrála)
    • → Russian: забра́ло (zabrálo)
    • → Ukrainian: забра́ло (zabrálo)
  • Bulgarian: забра́ло (zabrálo)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zábradlo
    • Czech: zábradlí

Further reading

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