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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orbotęga
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *orbota + *-ęga.
Noun
*orbotęga f
- hard-working person
Declension
Declension of *orbotęga (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *orbotęga | *orbotędzě | *orbotęgy |
| Accusative | *orbotęgǫ | *orbotędzě | *orbotęgy |
| Genitive | *orbotęgy | *orbotęgu | *orbotęgъ |
| Locative | *orbotędzě | *orbotęgu | *orbotęgasъ, *orbotęgaxъ* |
| Dative | *orbotędzě | *orbotęgama | *orbotęgamъ |
| Instrumental | *orbotęgojǫ, *orbotęgǫ** | *orbotęgama | *orbotęgami |
| Vocative | *orbotęgo | *orbotędzě | *orbotęgy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Related terms
- *orbotędzь
- *orbotęgъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: рабоцяга (rabócjaha)
- Russian: работяга (rabotjaga)
- → Bulgarian: работяга (rabotjaga)
- Ukrainian: роботяга (robotjaha)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orbotędzь/*orbotęgъ/*orbotęga”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 123