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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grobъ

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

Morphologically from *grebti. From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrobʰos. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 (graba, “ditch, trench”), Old High German grab (“grave”) and English grave.

Noun

*grȍbъ or *gròbъ m[1][2]

  1. grave

Declension

Accent paradigm b or c. Russian reflects paradigm c or (dialectally) b, while Serbo-Croatian and Slovene reflect paradigm b.

Declension of *grȍbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *grȍbъ *grȍba *grȍbi
genitive *grȍba *grobù *gròbъ
dative *grȍbu *grobomà *grobòmъ
accusative *grȍbъ *grȍba *grȍby
instrumental *grȍbъmь, *grȍbomь* *grobomà *grobý
locative *grȍbě *grobù *grobě̃xъ
vocative *grobe *grȍba *grȍbi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *gròbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *gròbъ *grobà *grobì
genitive *grobà *grobù *gròbъ
dative *grobù *grobòma *grobòmъ
accusative *gròbъ *grobà *grobỳ
instrumental *grobъ̀mь, *grobòmь* *grobòma *gròby
locative *grobě̀ *grobù *gròběxъ
vocative *grobe *grobà *grobì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: гробъ (grobŭ)
      • Belarusian: гроб (hrob, “coffin”)
      • Russian: гроб (grob, “coffin”)
      • Old Ukrainian: гроб (hrob)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grobъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 132
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гроб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grobъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 190: “m. o (b/c) ‘grave’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “grobъ groba”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (NA 118; SA 177; RPT 84); c (PR 137) grav”
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