< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osъpa
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *osuti (“to secrete, to pour”) + *-a.
Noun
*osъpa f
- (pathology) smallpox
Declension
Declension of *osъpa (hard a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *osъpa | *osъpě | *osъpy |
Accusative | *osъpǫ | *osъpě | *osъpy |
Genitive | *osъpy | *osъpu | *osъpъ |
Locative | *osъpě | *osъpu | *osъpasъ, *osъpaxъ* |
Dative | *osъpě | *osъpama | *osъpamъ |
Instrumental | *osъpojǫ, *osъpǫ** | *osъpama | *osъpami |
Vocative | *osъpo | *osъpě | *osъpy |
* -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
- *sỳpati (“to pour, to spew”)
- *osypъ (“rash”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: осъпа (osŭpa)
- Belarusian: во́спа (vóspa)
- Russian: о́спа (óspa)
- Ukrainian: ві́спа (víspa)
- Old East Slavic: осъпа (osŭpa)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: осъпа (osŭpa)
- Bulgarian: о́спа (óspa)
- Macedonian:
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏спа / ȍspa
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: о̏спице / ȍspice
- ⇒ Slovene: óspice
- Old Church Slavonic: осъпа (osŭpa)
- West Slavic:
- Czech:
- Polish: ospa
- Slovak:
- ⇒ Slovak: osýpky
- Sorbian:
- ⇒ Lower Sorbian: wospica
- ⇒ Upper Sorbian: wospica
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “о́спа”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “оспа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 944