From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláugība. Morphologically from *sluga + *-ьba. Cognate with Lithuanian slaugyba.
*slùžьba f
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *služьba | *služьbě | *služьby |
genitive | *služьby | *služьbu | *služьbъ |
dative | *služьbě | *služьbama | *služьbamъ |
accusative | *služьbǫ | *služьbě | *služьby |
instrumental | *služьbojǫ, *služьbǫ** | *služьbama | *služьbami |
locative | *služьbě | *služьbu | *služьbasъ, *služьbaxъ* |
vocative | *služьbo | *služьbě | *služьby |
* -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).
url=sluzhbaPlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “слу́жба”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN
url=sluzhbaPlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “служба”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 441