Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/babonъ

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

Alternative forms

*babunъ m
*babona f

Etymology

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Noun

*babonъ m

superstition
superstitious person

Declension

Declension of *babonъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*babonъ	*babona	*baboni
Accusative	*babonъ	*babona	*babony
Genitive	*babona	*babonu	*babonъ
Locative	*baboně	*babonu	*baboněxъ
Dative	*babonu	*babonoma	*babonomъ
Instrumental	babonъmь, babonomь^*	*babonoma	*babony
Vocative	*babone	*babona	*baboni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*baboniti, *babuniti

Descendants

Church Slavonic: бабуны (babuny) (Russian), бабуни (babuni) (Serbian)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бабу́ни pl (babúni), бабу́ны pl (babúny)
  - Ukrainian: бабоны (babony)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: бабун (babun)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ба̀буна
  Latin: bàbuna
West Slavic:
- Czech: baboněk
- Kashubian: zababón, babóna
- Polish: zabobon
- Slovak: babona, bobona

Other:
- Hungarian: babona

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*babonъ, *babunъ, *babona”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 111
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бабуни”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress