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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dǫbъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Based on comparison between the adjective form *dǫbrъ and Proto-Germanic *timrą (“timber”), Lithuanian dum̃blas (“swamp”), it appears that the etymon descends from a Caland's root (probably Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”)). The exact etymology, however, is uncertain.
The etymon is attested both as an o-stem and as a u-stem, but per Vasmer, the original more likely was u-stem.
Noun
*dǫ̑bъ m[1][2]
- oak tree
- oak (wood)
Declension
Declension of *dǫ̑bъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dǫ̑bъ | *dǫ̑ba | *dǫ̑bi |
| Accusative | *dǫ̑bъ | *dǫ̑ba | *dǫ̑by |
| Genitive | *dǫ̑ba | *dǫbù | *dǫ̃bъ |
| Locative | *dǫ̑bě | *dǫbù | *dǫbě̃xъ |
| Dative | *dǫ̑bu | *dǫbomà | *dǫbòmъ |
| Instrumental | *dǫ̑bъmь, *dǫ̑bomь* | *dǫbomà | *dǫbý |
| Vocative | *dǫbe | *dǫ̑ba | *dǫ̑bi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *dǫ̑bъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dǫ̑bъ | *dǫ̑by | *dǫ̑bove |
| Accusative | *dǫ̑bъ | *dǫ̑by | *dǫ̑by |
| Genitive | *dǫ̑bu | *dǫbovù | *dǫbòvъ |
| Locative | *dǫbú | *dǫbovù | *dǫ̑bъxъ |
| Dative | *dǫ̑bovi | *dǫbъmà | *dǫ̑bъmъ |
| Instrumental | *dǫ̑bъmь | *dǫbъmà | *dǫbъmì |
| Vocative | *dǫbu | *dǫ̑by | *dǫ̑bove |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: дуб (dub)
- Russian: дуб (dub)
- Ukrainian: дуб (dub)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: дѫбъ (dǫbŭ)
- Bulgarian: дъб (dǎb), дъмп (dǎmp) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: даб (dab)
- Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
- Cyrillic: дуб
- Latin: dub
- Slovene: dọ̑b (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dub
- Czech: dub
- Kashubian: dąb
- Polish: dąb
- Polabian: dǫb
- Slovak: dub
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: dub
- Upper Sorbian: dub
- Old Czech: dub
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дуб”, 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), “*dǫ̑bъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114: “m. o (c) ‘oak’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “dǫbъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 126; PR 137); d (RPT 102)”