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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobyťa
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *dobyti + *-ja.
Noun
*dobyťa f
- supply, loot
- stock
- Synonym: *dobytъkъ
Declension
Declension of *dobyťa (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dobyťa | *dobyťi | *dobyťę̇ |
| Accusative | *dobyťǫ | *dobyťi | *dobyťę̇ |
| Genitive | *dobyťę̇ | *dobyťu | *dobyťь |
| Locative | *dobyťi | *dobyťu | *dobyťasъ, *dobyťaxъ* |
| Dative | *dobyťi | *dobyťama | *dobyťamъ |
| Instrumental | *dobyťejǫ, *dobyťǫ** | *dobyťama | *dobyťami |
| Vocative | *dobyťe | *dobyťi | *dobyťę̇ |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
- *dobytъkъ
- *dobytъčę
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: добыча (dobyča)
- Ukrainian: добич (dobyč), dial. добича (dobyča)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian::
- Cyrillic: доби́ћа
- Latin: dobíća
- Slovene: dobíča
- Serbo-Croatian::
- West Slavic:
- Polish: zdobycz
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobytja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 48