Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/služьba

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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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláugība. Morphologically from *sluga + *-ьba. Cognate with Lithuanian slaugyba.

Noun

*slùžьba f

  1. service

Declension

Declension of *služьba (hard a-stem)
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).

Descendants

Further reading

  • The template Template:R:be:ESBM does not use the parameter(s):
    url=sluzhba
    Please 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
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “служба”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123

References

  1. ^ The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s):
    url=sluzhba
    Please 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