Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zabava

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 *zabaviti +‎ *-a, from *za +‎ *baviti.

Noun

*zabava f

amusement, diversion, distraction, pastime, merry-making, fun

Declension

Declension of *zabava (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*zabava	*zabavě	*zabavy
Accusative	*zabavǫ	*zabavě	*zabavy
Genitive	*zabavy	*zabavu	*zabavъ
Locative	*zabavě	*zabavu	zabavasъ, zabavaxъ^*
Dative	*zabavě	*zabavama	*zabavamъ
Instrumental	zabavojǫ, zabavǫ^**	*zabavama	*zabavami
Vocative	*zabavo	*zabavě	*zabavy

^* -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).

Derived terms

*zabavьnъ
*zabaviti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: заба́ва (zabáva)
  - Old Ruthenian: заба́ва (zabáva)
    - Belarusian: заба́ва (zabáva)
    - Russian: заба́ва (zabáva)
  - Ukrainian: заба́ва (zabáva)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: заба́ва (zabáva)
- Macedonian: забава (zabava)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: за̑бава
  Latin: zȃbava
- Slovene: zabava
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zábava
  - Czech: zábava
- Old Polish: zabawa
  - Polish: zabawa
- Slovak: zábava
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: zabawa

Non-Slavic:
- Romanian: zăbovi