Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)pora
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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
Deverbal of *o(b)perti (“to recline, to lean”), derived from *perti (“to push, to press”)
Noun
*o(b)pora f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *o(b)pora | *o(b)porě | *o(b)pory |
| genitive | *o(b)pory | *o(b)poru | *o(b)porъ |
| dative | *o(b)porě | *o(b)porama | *o(b)poramъ |
| accusative | *o(b)porǫ | *o(b)porě | *o(b)pory |
| instrumental | *o(b)porojǫ, *o(b)porǫ** | *o(b)porama | *o(b)porami |
| locative | *o(b)porě | *o(b)poru | *o(b)porasъ, *o(b)poraxъ* |
| vocative | *o(b)poro | *o(b)porě | *o(b)pory |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: опо̀ра (opòra)
- Macedonian: опора (opora)
- Old Serbo-Croatian: opora
- Slovene: opôra (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obpora”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 260
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “опо́ра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress