Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/babona

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Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms

*babunъ m

Noun

*babona f

Alternative form of *babonъ (“superstition, superstitious person”)

Declension

Declension of *babona (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*babona	*baboně	*babony
genitive	*babony	*babonu	*babonъ
dative	*baboně	*babonama	*babonamъ
accusative	*babonǫ	*baboně	*babony
instrumental	babonojǫ, babonǫ^**	*babonama	*babonami
locative	*baboně	*babonu	babonasъ, babonaxъ^*
vocative	*babono	*baboně	*babony

^* -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).