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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dělitьba
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From **dělitva, from *děliti + *-tva.
Noun
*dělitьba f
- division
- Synonyms: *děljenьje, *dělьba, *děležь
Inflection
Declension of *dělitьba (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dělitьba | *dělitьbě | *dělitьby |
| Accusative | *dělitьbǫ | *dělitьbě | *dělitьby |
| Genitive | *dělitьby | *dělitьbu | *dělitьbъ |
| Locative | *dělitьbě | *dělitьbu | *dělitьbasъ, *dělitьbaxъ* |
| Dative | *dělitьbě | *dělitьbama | *dělitьbamъ |
| Instrumental | *dělitьbojǫ, *dělitьbǫ** | *dělitьbama | *dělitьbami |
| Vocative | *dělitьbo | *dělitьbě | *dělitьby |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: дели́тьба (delítʹba)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дели́тба (delítba), дели́дба (delídba)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дѐлидба, дјѐлидба
- West Slavic:
- Czech: dělitba
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*dělitьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 234