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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věščьba
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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
Declension
Declension of *věščьba (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *věščьba | *věščьbě | *věščьby |
| genitive | *věščьby | *věščьbu | *věščьbъ |
| dative | *věščьbě | *věščьbama | *věščьbamъ |
| accusative | *věščьbǫ | *věščьbě | *věščьby |
| instrumental | *věščьbojǫ, *věščьbǫ** | *věščьbama | *věščьbami |
| locative | *věščьbě | *věščьbu | *věščьbasъ, *věščьbaxъ* |
| vocative | *věščьbo | *věščьbě | *věščьby |
* -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).
Derived terms
- *věščьbati (“to practice”) (South Slavic)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old Belarusian: вѣщба (věščba)
- Russian: вещба́ (veščbá) (dialectal)
- Old Ukrainian: вѣщба (věščba)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Anikin, A. E. (2013) “вещба”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 7 (вершь – вняться), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 91
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