Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želbъ

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

Uncertain. Has been compared with Ancient Greek δολφóς (dolphós, “gut”), δελφῡ́ς (delphū́s, “womb”), Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha, “fetus, womb”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, however, (per Vasmer) semantically unsatisfactory. Alternatively, akin to Ancient Greek γλάφω (gláphō, “to dig, to hollow”), Proto-Germanic *kulbô (“club”), possibly Proto-Celtic *gulbā (“beak”) from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to flay, to scrape”).

Noun

*žȇlbъ m

1. groove, furrow, manger
2. socket
3. (by extension) steep gorge

Declension

Declension of *žȇlbъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*žȇlbъ	*žȇlby	*žȇlbove
Accusative	*žȇlbъ	*žȇlby	*žȇlby
Genitive	*žȇlbu	*želbovù	*želbòvъ
Locative	*želbú	*želbovù	*žȇlbъxъ
Dative	*žȇlbovi	*želbъmà	*žȇlbъmъ
Instrumental	*žȇlbъmь	*želbъmà	*želbъmì
Vocative	*želbu	*žȇlby	*žȇlbove

Declension of *žȇlbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*žȇlbъ	*žȇlba	*žȇlbi
Accusative	*žȇlbъ	*žȇlba	*žȇlby
Genitive	*žȇlba	*želbù	*žẽlbъ
Locative	*žȇlbě	*želbù	*želbě̃xъ
Dative	*žȇlbu	*želbomà	*želbòmъ
Instrumental	*žȇlbъmь, *žȇlbomь*	*želbomà	*želbý
Vocative	*želbe	*žȇlba	*žȇlbi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *želbiti (“to furrow, to trench”)
• *želbьcь, *želbica (“small socket, groove”)
• *želbina (“socket; muzzle, gorge”)
• *želbьnъ (“grooved”)
• *želbavъ (“notched, hooked”)

Related terms

• *gъlbь, *gъlbica (“type of duck, swan”) (possibly)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: жолобъ (žolobŭ)
    • Belarusian: жо́лаб (žólab)
    • Russian: жёлоб (žólob), жо́лоб (žólob)
    • Ukrainian: жо́лоб (žólob)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: жлѣбъ (žlěbŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰶⰾⱑⰱⱏ (žlěbŭ)

  • Bulgarian: жлеб (žleb), жляб (žljab)
  • Macedonian: жлеб (žleb)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: жле̑б, жлије̑б

    Latin: žlȇb, žlijȇb

  • Slovene: žlȇb (u-stem)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: žleb
    • Czech: žlab, žleb
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): žleb
    • → Polish: żleb
  • Polish: żłób (u-stem)
    • Lesser Polish (Więciórka): zu̯ȯp
    • → Belarusian: жлоб (žlob)
    • → Yiddish: זשלאָב‎ (zhlob)
      • → Russian: жлоб (žlob)
  • Slovak: žleb, žľab
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: żłob
    • Lower Sorbian: żłob

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жолоб”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “жлеб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 549
• жолоб in Горох.ua (Етимологія)