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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bosъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *basás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós.
Adjective
*bȍsъ[1][2]
- barefooted, unshod
Declension
Indefinite declension of *bosъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bosъ | *bosa | *boso |
| Accusative | *bosъ | *bosǫ | *boso |
| Genitive | *bosa | *bosy | *bosa |
| Locative | *bosě | *bosě | *bosě |
| Dative | *bosu | *bosě | *bosu |
| Instrumental | *bosomь | *bosojǫ | *bosomь |
| Vocative | *bose | *boso | *boso |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *bosa | *bosě | *bosě |
| Accusative | *bosa | *bosě | *bosě |
| Genitive | *bosu | *bosu | *bosu |
| Locative | *bosu | *bosu | *bosu |
| Dative | *bosoma | *bosama | *bosoma |
| Instrumental | *bosoma | *bosama | *bosoma |
| Vocative | *bosa | *bosě | *bosě |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *bosi | *bosy | *bosa |
| Accusative | *bosy | *bosy | *bosa |
| Genitive | *bosъ | *bosъ | *bosъ |
| Locative | *bosěxъ | *bosaxъ | *bosěxъ |
| Dative | *bosomъ | *bosamъ | *bosomъ |
| Instrumental | *bosy | *bosami | *bosy |
| Vocative | *bosi | *bosy | *bosa |
Definite declension of *bosъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bosъjь | *bosaja | *bosoje |
| Accusative | *bosъjь | *bosǫjǫ | *bosoje |
| Genitive | *bosajego | *bosyję | *bosajego |
| Locative | *bosějemь | *bosěji | *bosějemь |
| Dative | *bosujemu | *bosěji | *bosujemu |
| Instrumental | *bosyjimi | *bosǫjǫ | *bosyjimi |
| Vocative | *bosъjь | *bosaja | *bosoje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *bosaja | *bosěji | *bosěji |
| Accusative | *bosaja | *bosěji | *bosěji |
| Genitive | *bosuju | *bosuju | *bosuju |
| Locative | *bosuju | *bosuju | *bosuju |
| Dative | *bosyjima | *bosyjima | *bosyjima |
| Instrumental | *bosyjima | *bosyjima | *bosyjima |
| Vocative | *bosaja | *bosěji | *bosěji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *bosiji | *bosyję | *bosaja |
| Accusative | *bosyję | *bosyję | *bosaja |
| Genitive | *bosъjixъ | *bosъjixъ | *bosъjixъ |
| Locative | *bosyjixъ | *bosyjixъ | *bosyjixъ |
| Dative | *bosyjimъ | *bosyjimъ | *bosyjimъ |
| Instrumental | *bosyjimi | *bosyjimi | *bosyjimi |
| Vocative | *bosiji | *bosyję | *bosaja |
Derived terms
- *bosakъ
- *bosonogъ (“barefoot”)
- *bosota
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: босъ (bosŭ)
- Belarusian: бо́сы (bósy)
- Russian: босо́й (bosój)
- Ukrainian: бо́сий (bósyj)
- Old East Slavic: босъ (bosŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: босъ (bosŭ)
- Unspecified:
- Bulgarian: бос (bos)
- Macedonian: бос (bos)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бо̑с
- Latin: bȏs
- Chakavian (Vrgada): bȏs
- Chakavian (Orbanići): bᵘȏs
- Slovene: bos
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bosý
- Polabian: bösĕ
- Polish: bosy
- Slovak: bosý
- Slovincian: bʉ̀ɵ̯sï
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: bosy
- Upper Sorbian: bosy
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “bosъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 223
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “босо́й”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bȏsъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 59: “adj. o (c) ‘barefooted, unshod’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “bosъ bosa boso”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c barefoot (NA 123, 142; SA 25; PR 138)”