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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫbota

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

Borrowed from Latin (either Medieval Latin sabbatum or Vulgar Latin *sambatum), from Ancient Greek σάββᾱτον (sábbāton), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (šabbāṯ, “sabbath”).

Noun

*sǫbota f

  1. Saturday

Declension
Declension of *sǫbota (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *sǫbota *sǫbotě *sǫboty
genitive *sǫboty *sǫbotu *sǫbotъ
dative *sǫbotě *sǫbotama *sǫbotamъ
accusative *sǫbotǫ *sǫbotě *sǫboty
instrumental *sǫbotojǫ, *sǫbotǫ** *sǫbotama *sǫbotami
locative *sǫbotě *sǫbotu *sǫbotasъ, *sǫbotaxъ*
vocative *sǫboto *sǫbotě *sǫboty
* -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).

See also
Days of the week in Proto-Slavic · *dьne nedě̀ľę̇/tajegodьne (layout · text)
*neděľa *ponedělъkъ
*ponedělьnikъ		 *vъtorъkъ
*vъtorьnikъ		 *serda *četvьrtъkъ *pętъkъ *sǫbota

Descendants

The East and South Slavic languages have a form that derives from a nasal variant *sǫbota. The West Slavic forms have no nasal, *sobota.

  • Non-Slavic languages:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “суббо́та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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