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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grobъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Morphologically from *grebti. From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrobʰos. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 (graba, “ditch, trench”), Old High German grab (“grave”) and English grave.
Noun
*grȍbъ or *gròbъ m[1][2]
- grave
Declension
Accent paradigm b or c. Russian reflects paradigm c or (dialectally) b, while Serbo-Croatian and Slovene reflect paradigm b.
Declension of *grȍbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *grȍbъ | *grȍba | *grȍbi |
| Accusative | *grȍbъ | *grȍba | *grȍby |
| Genitive | *grȍba | *grobù | *gròbъ |
| Locative | *grȍbě | *grobù | *grobě̃xъ |
| Dative | *grȍbu | *grobomà | *grobòmъ |
| Instrumental | *grȍbъmь, *grȍbomь* | *grobomà | *grobý |
| Vocative | *grobe | *grȍba | *grȍbi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *gròbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *gròbъ | *grobà | *grobì |
| Accusative | *gròbъ | *grobà | *grobỳ |
| Genitive | *grobà | *grobù | *gròbъ |
| Locative | *grobě̀ | *grobù | *gròběxъ |
| Dative | *grobù | *grobòma | *grobòmъ |
| Instrumental | *grobъ̀mь, *grobòmь* | *grobòma | *gròby |
| Vocative | *grobe | *grobà | *grobì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: гробъ (grobŭ)
- Belarusian: гроб (hrob, “coffin”)
- Russian: гроб (grob, “coffin”)
- Old Ukrainian: гроб (hrob)
- Ukrainian: гріб (hrib)
- Old East Slavic: гробъ (grobŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: гробъ (grobŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⰳⱃⱁⰱⱏ (grobŭ)
- Bulgarian: гроб (grob)
- Macedonian: гроб (grob)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: гро̏б
- Latin: grȍb
- Slovene: grȍb (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hrob
- Czech: hrob
- Polish: grób
- Silesian: grōb
- Slovak: hrob
- Slovincian: grȯ́u̯b
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: grob
- Old Czech: hrob
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grobъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 132
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гроб”, 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), “*grobъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 190: “m. o (b/c) ‘grave’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “grobъ groba”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (NA 118; SA 177; RPT 84); c (PR 137) grav”