Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobyťa
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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
*dobyťa f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dobyťa | *dobyťi | *dobyťę̇ |
| genitive | *dobyťę̇ | *dobyťu | *dobyťь |
| dative | *dobyťi | *dobyťama | *dobyťamъ |
| accusative | *dobyťǫ | *dobyťi | *dobyťę̇ |
| instrumental | *dobyťejǫ, *dobyťǫ** | *dobyťama | *dobyťami |
| locative | *dobyťi | *dobyťu | *dobyťasъ, *dobyťaxъ* |
| vocative | *dobyťe | *dobyťi | *dobyťę̇ |
* -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).
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Descendants
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobytja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 48