Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrobakъ
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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
Agentative noun from *xrobati (“to gulp, to chew up”) + *-akъ.
Noun
*xrobakъ m
- grub (larva of beetles and other insects)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xrobakъ | *xrobaka | *xrobaci |
| genitive | *xrobaka | *xrobaku | *xrobakъ |
| dative | *xrobaku | *xrobakoma | *xrobakomъ |
| accusative | *xrobakъ | *xrobaka | *xrobaky |
| instrumental | *xrobakъmь, *xrobakomь* | *xrobakoma | *xrobaky |
| locative | *xrobacě | *xrobaku | *xrobacěxъ |
| vocative | *xrobače | *xrobaka | *xrobaci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *xrobotъ (“sound of chewing”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrobakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
- хробак in Горох.ua (Етимологія)