< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glǫbь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Perhaps, from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-. Compare *glǫbokъ (“deep”).
Noun
*glǫbь f
- depth
Declension
Declension of *glǫbь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *glǫbь | *glǫbi | *glǫbi |
Accusative | *glǫbь | *glǫbi | *glǫbi |
Genitive | *glǫbi | *glǫbьju, *glǫbľu* | *glǫbьjь, *glǫbi* |
Locative | *glǫbi | *glǫbьju, *glǫbľu* | *glǫbьxъ |
Dative | *glǫbi | *glǫbьma | *glǫbьmъ |
Instrumental | *glǫbьjǫ, *glǫbľǫ* | *glǫbьma | *glǫbьmi |
Vocative | *glǫbi | *glǫbi | *glǫbi |
* 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:
- Old East Slavic: глꙋбь (glubĭ)
- Russian: глубь (glubʹ)
- Old East Slavic: глꙋбь (glubĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Russian Church Slavonic: глꙋбь (glubĭ)
- Bulgarian: глъб (glǎb) (obsolete)
- Slovene: glôb (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hlúbě
- Czech: hloub
- Polish: głąb
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: dłyḿ, dłuḿ
- Old Czech: hlúbě
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glǫbь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 144