Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobь

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

*dobь f^[1]^[2]

i-stem form of *doba

Inflection

Declension of *dobь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dobь	*dobi	*dobi
genitive	*dobi	dobьju, dobľu^*	dobьjь, dobi^*
dative	*dobi	*dobьma	*dobьmъ
accusative	*dobь	*dobi	*dobi
instrumental	dobьjǫ, dobľǫ^*	*dobьma	*dobьmi
locative	*dobi	dobьju, dobľu^*	*dobьxъ
vocative	*dobi	*dobi	*dobi

^* 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:
- Ukrainian: дiб (dib) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: до̑б
  
  Latin script: dȏb
- Slovene: dȏb (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: dob
  - Middle Polish: dob (16-17ᵗʰ c.)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 49
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “doba f. : zach. i płd. dobo n. : dobь 1. f.”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 283