Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orbota
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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
| PIE word |
|---|
| *h₃órbʰos |
From *orbiti + *-ota. Similar to Proto-Germanic *arbaidiz (“labour; hardship”), but with a different suffix.
Noun
*orbòta f
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *orbota | *orbotě | *orboty |
| genitive | *orboty | *orbotu | *orbotъ |
| dative | *orbotě | *orbotama | *orbotamъ |
| accusative | *orbotǫ | *orbotě | *orboty |
| instrumental | *orbotojǫ, *orbotǫ** | *orbotama | *orbotami |
| locative | *orbotě | *orbotu | *orbotasъ, *orbotaxъ* |
| vocative | *orboto | *orbotě | *orboty |
* -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).
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*orbòta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
Further reading
- Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbota”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 119
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рабо́та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress