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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dubъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-.
Noun
*dubъ m
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Inflection
Declension of *dubъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dubъ | *duba | *dubi |
| Accusative | *dubъ | *duba | *duby |
| Genitive | *duba | *dubu | *dubъ |
| Locative | *dubě | *dubu | *duběxъ |
| Dative | *dubu | *duboma | *dubomъ |
| Instrumental | *dubъmь, *dubomь* | *duboma | *duby |
| Vocative | *dube | *duba | *dubi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
- *ďubati
- *dybati, *dyba
- *dъno (“buttom”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: ду́ба (dúba, adv.)
- Ukrainian: ду́бом (dúbom, adv.), ду́ба (dúba, adv.)
- South Slavic:
- Macedonian: дуба (duba, adv.)
- Serbo-Croatian: дубак (noun), дупкӣ (adj.), дупке (adv.)
- Slovene: dȗbek (noun)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: dubkem (adv.)
- Slovak: dupkom, dubkom (adv.)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dubъ, *dubъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 145