Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)sьčaulъ
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Uncertain. Probably from *o(b)- + *sьcati (“to piss”) + *ula (“street”) + *-ъ. See *o(b)sьcati and *ùlica. Originally literally “someone who pisses on the street (urinates in public places)”.
Noun
- a person with bad qualities (e.g. crafty, cunning, flattering, deceitful, deceiver, rogue, envious, greedy, talker, scoffer, slacker, bribetaker)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *o(b)sьčaulъ | *o(b)sьčaula | *o(b)sьčauli |
| genitive | *o(b)sьčaula | *o(b)sьčaulu | *o(b)sьčaulъ |
| dative | *o(b)sьčaulu | *o(b)sьčauloma | *o(b)sьčaulomъ |
| accusative | *o(b)sьčaulъ | *o(b)sьčaula | *o(b)sьčauly |
| instrumental | *o(b)sьčaulъmь, *o(b)sьčaulomь* | *o(b)sьčauloma | *o(b)sьčauly |
| locative | *o(b)sьčaulě | *o(b)sьčaulu | *o(b)sьčaulěxъ |
| vocative | *o(b)sьčaule | *o(b)sьčaula | *o(b)sьčauli |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ощеулъ (oščeulŭ), ощаулъ (oščaulŭ)
- Russian: ощеу́л (oščeúl), ощау́л (oščaúl), ощеу́ла f (oščeúla), ощеу́ла f (oščeúla), общеу́л (obščeúl) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Russian: ощеу́лить (oščeúlitʹ), ощеву́литься (oščevúlitʹsja) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Middle Russian: о́щоулникъ (óščoulnik) (18ᵗʰ c.)
- Russian: ощеу́льник (oščeúlʹnik), ошау́льник (ošaúlʹnik) (dialectal)
- Russian: ощеу́л (oščeúl), ощау́л (oščaúl), ощеу́ла f (oščeúla), ощеу́ла f (oščeúla), общеу́л (obščeúl) (dialectal)
- Old East Slavic: ощеулъ (oščeulŭ), ощаулъ (oščaulŭ)
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obščeulъ?/*obsьčaulъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 151