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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zъloba
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *zъlъ + *-oba.
Noun
*zъloba f
- evil, wickedness
- anger
Declension
Declension of *zъloba (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *zъloba | *zъlobě | *zъloby |
| Accusative | *zъlobǫ | *zъlobě | *zъloby |
| Genitive | *zъloby | *zъlobu | *zъlobъ |
| Locative | *zъlobě | *zъlobu | *zъlobasъ, *zъlobaxъ* |
| Dative | *zъlobě | *zъlobama | *zъlobamъ |
| Instrumental | *zъlobojǫ, *zъlobǫ** | *zъlobama | *zъlobami |
| Vocative | *zъlobo | *zъlobě | *zъloby |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic
- Old East Slavic: зълоба (zŭloba)
- Russian: зло́ба (zlóba)
- Ukrainian: зло́ба (zlóba), злоба́ (zlobá)
- Old East Slavic: зълоба (zŭloba)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: зълоба (zŭloba)
- Bulgarian: злоба (zloba)
- Macedonian: злоба (zloba)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: зло̀ба
- Latin: zlòba
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: zloba
- Old Polish: zgłoba, złoba
- Polish: złoba (obsolete)
Further reading
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “злоба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 646