Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borьba
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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
From *borti (“to fight”) + *-ьba.
Noun
*borьba f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *borьba | *borьbě | *borьby |
| genitive | *borьby | *borьbu | *borьbъ |
| dative | *borьbě | *borьbama | *borьbamъ |
| accusative | *borьbǫ | *borьbě | *borьby |
| instrumental | *borьbojǫ, *borьbǫ** | *borьbama | *borьbami |
| locative | *borьbě | *borьbu | *borьbasъ, *borьbaxъ* |
| vocative | *borьbo | *borьbě | *borьby |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “борьба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 218
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “борба”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 68