Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtroba
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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
Noun
*ǭtròba f[1]
Inflection
Declension of *ǭtròba (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ǭtròba | *ǭtròbě | *ǭtròby |
| genitive | *ǭtròby | *ǭtròbu | *ǭtròbъ |
| dative | *ǭtròbě | *ǭtròbama | *ǭtròbamъ |
| accusative | *ǭtròbǫ | *ǭtròbě | *ǭtròby |
| instrumental | *ǭtròbojǫ, *ǭtròbǭ** | *ǭtròbama | *ǭtròbamī |
| locative | *ǭtròbě | *ǭtròbu | *ǭtròbasъ, *ǭtròbaxъ* |
| vocative | *ǭtròbo | *ǭtròbě | *ǭtròby |
* -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
- *ǫtrobьnъ (adj.)
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “утроба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “утроба”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 296
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “утроба”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫtroba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387: “f. ā (a) ‘entrails’”