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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ubogъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
A bahuvrihi compound of *u and an adjective *bogъ (“fortunate”), but which later shifted in meaning to "god". Compare *nebogъ (“poor”).
Adjective
*ubògъ
- poor
Declension
Indefinite declension of *ubogъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ubogъ | *uboga | *ubogo |
| Accusative | *ubogъ | *ubogǫ | *ubogo |
| Genitive | *uboga | *ubogy | *uboga |
| Locative | *ubodzě | *ubodzě | *ubodzě |
| Dative | *ubogu | *ubodzě | *ubogu |
| Instrumental | *ubogomь | *ubogojǫ | *ubogomь |
| Vocative | *ubože | *ubogo | *ubogo |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *uboga | *ubodzě | *ubodzě |
| Accusative | *uboga | *ubodzě | *ubodzě |
| Genitive | *ubogu | *ubogu | *ubogu |
| Locative | *ubogu | *ubogu | *ubogu |
| Dative | *ubogoma | *ubogama | *ubogoma |
| Instrumental | *ubogoma | *ubogama | *ubogoma |
| Vocative | *uboga | *ubodzě | *ubodzě |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ubodzi | *ubogy | *uboga |
| Accusative | *ubogy | *ubogy | *uboga |
| Genitive | *ubogъ | *ubogъ | *ubogъ |
| Locative | *ubodzěxъ | *ubogaxъ | *ubodzěxъ |
| Dative | *ubogomъ | *ubogamъ | *ubogomъ |
| Instrumental | *ubogy | *ubogami | *ubogy |
| Vocative | *ubodzi | *ubogy | *uboga |
Definite declension of *ubogъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ubogъjь | *ubogaja | *ubogoje |
| Accusative | *ubogъjь | *ubogǫjǫ | *ubogoje |
| Genitive | *ubogajego | *ubogyję | *ubogajego |
| Locative | *ubodzějemь | *ubodzěji | *ubodzějemь |
| Dative | *ubogujemu | *ubodzěji | *ubogujemu |
| Instrumental | *ubogyjimi | *ubogǫjǫ | *ubogyjimi |
| Vocative | *ubogъjь | *ubogaja | *ubogoje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ubogaja | *ubodzěji | *ubodzěji |
| Accusative | *ubogaja | *ubodzěji | *ubodzěji |
| Genitive | *uboguju | *uboguju | *uboguju |
| Locative | *uboguju | *uboguju | *uboguju |
| Dative | *ubogyjima | *ubogyjima | *ubogyjima |
| Instrumental | *ubogyjima | *ubogyjima | *ubogyjima |
| Vocative | *ubogaja | *ubodzěji | *ubodzěji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *ubodziji | *ubogyję | *ubogaja |
| Accusative | *ubogyję | *ubogyję | *ubogaja |
| Genitive | *ubogъjixъ | *ubogъjixъ | *ubogъjixъ |
| Locative | *ubogyjixъ | *ubogyjixъ | *ubogyjixъ |
| Dative | *ubogyjimъ | *ubogyjimъ | *ubogyjimъ |
| Instrumental | *ubogyjimi | *ubogyjimi | *ubogyjimi |
| Vocative | *ubodziji | *ubogyję | *ubogaja |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: оубогъ (ubogŭ)
- Russian: убо́гий (ubógij)
- Belarusian: убо́гі (ubóhi)
- Ukrainian: убо́гий (ubóhyj)
- Old East Slavic: оубогъ (ubogŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: оубогъ (ubogŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱆⰱⱁⰳⱏ (ubogŭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: у̏бог
- Latin: ȕbog
- Slovene: ubọ̑g (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ubohý
- Czech: ubohý
- Old Polish: ubog
- Polish: ubogi
- Slovak: úbohý
- Old Czech: ubohý
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ubògъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 506
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “убо́гий”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress