Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebojь

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

Etymology

From *ne- (“not”) +‎ *bojati (“fear, be afraid”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne, *b(o)i(ʔ)-aʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *bʰoyH-eh₂-.

Noun

*nebojь m

brave, daredevil

Declension

Declension of *nebojь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*nebojь	*neboja	*neboji
Accusative	*nebojь	*neboja	*neboję̇
Genitive	*neboja	*neboju	*nebojь
Locative	*neboji	*neboju	*nebojixъ
Dative	*neboju	*nebojema	*nebojemъ
Instrumental	nebojьmь, nebojemь^*	*nebojema	*neboji
Vocative	*neboju	*neboja	*neboji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: не́бій (nébij)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: niebój
  - Polish: rarely niebój

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nebojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 106