Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trǫba
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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
Uncertain. Probably onomatopoeic in nature, akin to Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ (“drone”), or borrowed from Old High German trumba (“horn, trumpet”), itself imitative.
Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *trǭbà | *trǫ̃bě | *trǭbỳ |
| genitive | *trǭbỳ | *trǭbù | *trǫ̃bъ |
| dative | *trǭbě̀ | *trǭbàma | *trǭbàmъ |
| accusative | *trǭbǫ̀ | *trǫ̃bě | *trǭbỳ |
| instrumental | *trǭbòjǫ, *trǫ̃bǫ** | *trǭbàma | *trǭbàmī |
| locative | *trǭbě̀ | *trǭbù | *trǭbàsъ, *trǭbàxъ* |
| vocative | *trǫbo | *trǫ̃bě | *trǭbỳ |
* -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).
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “труба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “trǫba trǫby”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b rør, trompet (PR 135)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “trọ́ba”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*trǫba̋”