Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)pasьnъ

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.

From *o(b)pasъ (“alert, heed”) +‎ *-ьnъ, from *o(b)pasti (“to attend, to overwatch”), from *o(b)- + *pasti (“to pasture; to herd”).

*o(b)pasьnъ

1. circumspect, vigilant, wary, attentive

   Synonyms: *motrъ, *bъditeľьnъ, *ostoržьnъ

2. (abstract) dangerous, threatening (requiring attention, alertness)

   Synonym: *nevarьnъ

• *bezo(b)pasьnъ (“safe, sacure”)
• *o(b)pasьnostь (“dangerous situation”)

• *o(b)pasati (sę) (“to apprehend, to fear”)
  • *o(b)pasivъ, *o(b)pasьlivъ (“wary, cautious”)
  • *o(b)pasъka (“attention”)
• *sъpasъ (“guard, protector”)
  • *sъpasiti (“to save”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: опаснꙑи (opasnyi)
    • Middle Russian: опасный (opasnyj)
      • Russian: опа́сный (opásnyj); о́пасный (ópasnyj) (dialectal)
        • → Polish: opaśny (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: опасьнъ (opasĭnŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⱂⰰⱄⱐⱀⱏ (opasĭnŭ)

    • Bulgarian: опа́сен (opásen)
  • Macedonian: опасен (opasen)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̏па̄сан

    Latin script: ȍpāsan

  • Slovene: opásən (tonal orthography) (dialectal)

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obpasьnъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “опа́сный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “опас²”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 896