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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šibenica
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
According to Vasmer, related to *šibati (“to whip”).
Noun
*šibenica f
- gallows
Inflection
Declension of *šibenica (soft a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *šibenica | *šibenici | *šibenicę̇ |
Accusative | *šibenicǫ | *šibenici | *šibenicę̇ |
Genitive | *šibenicę̇ | *šibenicu | *šibenicь |
Locative | *šibenici | *šibenicu | *šibenicasъ, *šibenicaxъ* |
Dative | *šibenici | *šibenicama | *šibenicamъ |
Instrumental | *šibenicejǫ, *šibenicǫ** | *šibenicama | *šibenicami |
Vocative | *šibenice | *šibenici | *šibenicę̇ |
* -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:
- Belarusian: шыбеніца (šybjenica)
- Russian: ши́беница (šíbenica)
- Ukrainian: шибениця (šybenycja)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: šibenice
- Polish: szubienica
- Slovak: šibenica
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: šуb́еńса
- Upper Sorbian: šibjeńca
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ши́беница”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress