Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebogъ
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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
A bahuvrihi compound of *ne (“not”) and an adjective *bogъ (“fortunate”), but which later shifted in meaning to "god". Compare *ubogъ (“poor”).
Adjective
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nebogъ | *neboga | *nebogo |
| genitive | *neboga | *nebogy | *neboga |
| dative | *nebogu | *nebodzě | *nebogu |
| accusative | *nebogъ | *nebogǫ | *nebogo |
| instrumental | *nebogomь | *nebogojǫ | *nebogomь |
| locative | *nebodzě | *nebodzě | *nebodzě |
| vocative | *nebože | *nebogo | *nebogo |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *neboga | *nebodzě | *nebodzě |
| genitive | *nebogu | *nebogu | *nebogu |
| dative | *nebogoma | *nebogama | *nebogoma |
| accusative | *neboga | *nebodzě | *nebodzě |
| instrumental | *nebogoma | *nebogama | *nebogoma |
| locative | *nebogu | *nebogu | *nebogu |
| vocative | *neboga | *nebodzě | *nebodzě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *nebodzi | *nebogy | *neboga |
| genitive | *nebogъ | *nebogъ | *nebogъ |
| dative | *nebogomъ | *nebogamъ | *nebogomъ |
| accusative | *nebogy | *nebogy | *neboga |
| instrumental | *nebogy | *nebogami | *nebogy |
| locative | *nebodzěxъ | *nebogaxъ | *nebodzěxъ |
| vocative | *nebodzi | *nebogy | *neboga |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nebogъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 104
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nebogъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348: “adj. o ‘poor, unfortunate’”