Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glǫbь

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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

Perhaps, from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-. Compare *glǫbokъ (deep).

Noun

*glǫbь f

  1. depth

Declension

Declension of *glǫbь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *glǫbь *glǫbi *glǫbi
genitive *glǫbi *glǫbьju, *glǫbľu* *glǫbьjь, *glǫbi*
dative *glǫbi *glǫbьma *glǫbьmъ
accusative *glǫbь *glǫbi *glǫbi
instrumental *glǫbьjǫ, *glǫbľǫ* *glǫbьma *glǫbьmi
locative *glǫbi *glǫbьju, *glǫbľu* *glǫbьxъ
vocative *glǫbi *glǫbi *glǫbi

* 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 (1979), “*glǫbь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 144