Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obitělь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obitělь

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 *obitati +‎ *-ělь.

Noun

*obitělь f

1. dwelling, habitation, abode

Inflection

Declension of *obitělь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*obitělь	*obitěli	*obitěli
Accusative	*obitělь	*obitěli	*obitěli
Genitive	*obitěli	*obitělьju, *obitěľu*	*obitělьjь, *obitěli*
Locative	*obitěli	*obitělьju, *obitěľu*	*obitělьxъ
Dative	*obitěli	*obitělьma	*obitělьmъ
Instrumental	*obitělьjǫ, *obitěľǫ*	*obitělьma	*obitělьmi
Vocative	*obitěli	*obitěli	*obitěli

^* 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

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: обитѣль (obitělĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱁⰱⰺⱅⱑⰾⱐ (obitělĭ)

    • → Old East Slavic: обитѣль (obitělĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: оби́тѣль (obítělʹ), обы́тѣль (obýtělʹ)
        • Ukrainian: оби́тель (obýtelʹ)
      • Russian: оби́тель (obítelʹ)
  • Bulgarian: обѝтел (obìtel), Би́толя (Bítolja) (a city in North Macedonia)
  • Macedonian: обител (obitel), Битола (Bitola) (a city in North Macedonia)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: оби́тељ

    Latin: obítelj

Further reading

• Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “обител”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 744