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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/aby

 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

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Etymology

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Univerbation of *a +‎ *by.

Particle

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*aby[1][2]

  1. as long as

Conjunction

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*aby[1][2]

  1. so that, in order to

Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: абꙑ (aby)
    • Old Novgorodian: абꙑ (aby)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: абꙑ (aby)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “aby”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 148
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*a by”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 35
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