Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/debelostь
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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 edit
Etymology edit
By surface analysis, *debelъ (“fat”) + *-ostь.
Noun edit
*debelostь f[1]
Inflection edit
Declension of *debelostь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *debelostь | *debelosti | *debelosti |
| genitive | *debelosti | *debelostьju, *debelosťu* | *debelostьjь, *debelosti* |
| dative | *debelosti | *debelostьma | *debelostьmъ |
| accusative | *debelostь | *debelosti | *debelosti |
| instrumental | *debelostьjǫ, *debelosťǫ* | *debelostьma | *debelostьmi |
| locative | *debelosti | *debelostьju, *debelosťu* | *debelostьxъ |
| vocative | *debelosti | *debelosti | *debelosti |
* 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 edit
- East Slavic:
- Russian: дебе́лость (debélostʹ)
- Ukrainian: дебе́лість (debélistʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: debelóst (tonal orthography)
References edit
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*debelostь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 201