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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xrobakъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Agentative noun from *xrobati (“to gulp, to chew up”) + *-akъ.
Noun
*xrobakъ m
- grub (larva of beetles and other insects)
Declension
Declension of *xrobakъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *xrobakъ | *xrobaka | *xrobaci |
Accusative | *xrobakъ | *xrobaka | *xrobaky |
Genitive | *xrobaka | *xrobaku | *xrobakъ |
Locative | *xrobacě | *xrobaku | *xrobacěxъ |
Dative | *xrobaku | *xrobakoma | *xrobakomъ |
Instrumental | *xrobakъmь, *xrobakomь* | *xrobakoma | *xrobaky |
Vocative | *xrobače | *xrobaka | *xrobaci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *xrobotъ (“sound of chewing”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Rusyn: хроба́к (xrobák)
- Ukrainian: хроба́к (xrobák), гроба́к (hrobák) (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: chrobak
- Kashubian: robôk
- Polish: robak
- Silesian: chrobŏk
- Slovak: chrobák
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrobakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
- хробак in Горох.ua (Етимологія)