Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dělitьba

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

From **dělitva, from *děliti +‎ *-tva.

Noun

*dělitьba f

1. division

   Synonyms: *děljenьje, *dělьba, *děležь

Inflection

Declension of *dělitьba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dělitьba	*dělitьbě	*dělitьby
genitive	*dělitьby	*dělitьbu	*dělitьbъ
dative	*dělitьbě	*dělitьbama	*dělitьbamъ
accusative	*dělitьbǫ	*dělitьbě	*dělitьby
instrumental	*dělitьbojǫ, *dělitьbǫ**	*dělitьbama	*dělitьbami
locative	*dělitьbě	*dělitьbu	*dělitьbasъ, *dělitьbaxъ*
vocative	*dělitьbo	*dělitьbě	*dělitьby

^* -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:
  • Russian: дели́тьба (delítʹba)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дели́тба (delítba), дели́дба (delídba)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дѐлидба, дјѐлидба

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: dělitba

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*dělitьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 234