Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dǫbrava

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

*dǫbrova

Etymology

Most likely containing *dǫ̑bъ (“oak”) via a *-rъ adjective *dǫbrъ. For the semantic development from “oak” to “forest”, compare Ottoman Turkish میشه‎ (meşe) which developed just in the reverse direction from “forest” to “oak” in about half a millennium, however the suffix is uncertain and the derivation of the word for the oak too.

Noun

*dǫbrava f

oakwood, oak grove
forest in general

Inflection

Declension of *dǫbravà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dǫbravà	*dǫ̑bravě	*dǫ̑bravy
Accusative	*dǫ̑bravǫ	*dǫ̑bravě	*dǫ̑bravy
Genitive	*dǫbravý	*dǫbravù	*dǫbrãvъ
Locative	*dǫ̑bravě	*dǫbravù	dǫbravàsъ, dǫbravàxъ^*
Dative	*dǫbravě̀	*dǫbravàma	*dǫbravàmъ
Instrumental	*dǫbravojǫ́	*dǫbravàma	*dǫbravàmi
Vocative	*dǫbravo	*dǫ̑bravě	*dǫ̑bravy

^* -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.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: дꙋброва (dubrova), дꙋбрава (dubrava)
  - Belarusian: дубро́ва (dubróva)
  - Russian: дубро́ва (dubróva)
  - Ukrainian: дубро́ва (dubróva); dial. дібро́ва (dibróva) from *dōbrova
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дѫбрава (dǫbrava)
- Russian Church Slavonic: дꙋбрава (dubrava), дꙋброва (dubrova)
- Bulgarian: дъбра́ва (dǎbráva)
- Macedonian: дабрава (dabrava)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ду̀брава
  Latin: dùbrava
- Slovene: dobrȃva (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dúbrava
  - Czech: doubrava
- Polish: dąbrowa
- Slovak: dúbrava
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: dubrawa
  - Upper Sorbian: dubrawa

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: dumbravă