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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xyba
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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
Etymology
Deverbal from *xybiti.
Declension
Declension of *xyba (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xyba | *xybě | *xyby |
| genitive | *xyby | *xybu | *xybъ |
| dative | *xybě | *xybama | *xybamъ |
| accusative | *xybǫ | *xybě | *xyby |
| instrumental | *xybojǫ, *xybǫ** | *xybama | *xybami |
| locative | *xybě | *xybu | *xybasъ, *xybaxъ* |
| vocative | *xybo | *xybě | *xyby |
* -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).
Descendants
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xyba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 153
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