Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobľestь
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From *dobľь (“noble, brave, honest”) + *-estь (“-ness”).
Noun edit
*dobľestь f
Declension edit
Declension of *dobľestь (i-stem, uncountable)
singular | |
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nominative | *dobľestь |
genitive | *dobľesti |
dative | *dobľesti |
accusative | *dobľestь |
instrumental | *dobľestьjǫ, *dobľesťǫ* |
locative | *dobľesti |
vocative | *dobľesti |
* 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).
Related terms edit
Category Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰabʰ- not found
Derived terms edit
- *dobľestьnъ (“valiant, noble”)
Descendants edit
- South Slavic:
References edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobľestь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 40