Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šibenica

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

According to Vasmer, related to *šibati (“to whip”).

Noun

*šibenica f

1. (North Slavic) gallows

Inflection

Declension of *šibenica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*šibenica	*šibenici	*šibenicę̇
genitive	*šibenicę̇	*šibenicu	*šibenicь
dative	*šibenici	*šibenicama	*šibenicamъ
accusative	*šibenicǫ	*šibenici	*šibenicę̇
instrumental	*šibenicejǫ, *šibenicǫ**	*šibenicama	*šibenicami
locative	*šibenici	*šibenicu	*šibenicasъ, *šibenicaxъ*
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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: шибеница (šibenica)
    • Belarusian: шы́беніца (šýbjenica)
    • Ukrainian: ши́бениця (šýbenycja)
  • Russian: ши́беница (šíbenica)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: šibenicě
    • Czech: šibenice
  • Old Polish: szubienica, szybienica
    • Polish: szubienica
  • Old Slovak: šibenica
    • Slovak: šibenica
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: szëbnica, szëbienica, szëbiéńca
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: šуbjеńса
    • Upper Sorbian: šibjeńca

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ши́беница”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress