Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobľestь
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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 *dobľь (“noble, brave, honest”) + *-estь (“-ness”).
Noun
*dobľestь f
Declension
Declension of *dobľestь (i-stem, uncountable)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | *dobľestь |
| genitive | *dobľesti |
| dative | *dobľesti |
| accusative | *dobľestь |
| instrumental | *dobľestьjǫ, *dobľesťǫ* |
| locative | *dobľesti |
| vocative | *dobľesti |
* 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).
Related terms
Category Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰabʰ- not found
Derived terms
- *dobľestьnъ (“valiant, noble”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobľestь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 40