Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫdьba

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

*gǫsti +*-ьba

Noun

*gǫdьba f

humming

Declension

Declension of *gǫdьba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gǫdьba	*gǫdьbě	*gǫdьby
genitive	*gǫdьby	*gǫdьbu	*gǫdьbъ
dative	*gǫdьbě	*gǫdьbama	*gǫdьbamъ
accusative	*gǫdьbǫ	*gǫdьbě	*gǫdьby
instrumental	gǫdьbojǫ, gǫdьbǫ^**	*gǫdьbama	*gǫdьbami
locative	*gǫdьbě	*gǫdьbu	gǫdьbasъ, gǫdьbaxъ^*
vocative	*gǫdьbo	*gǫdьbě	*gǫdьby

^* -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:
- Belarusian: гудзьба́ (hudzʹbá) (obsolete)
- Russian: гудьба́ (gudʹbá)
- Ukrainian: гудьба́ (hudʹbá) (dialectal or rare)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete)
  Cyrillic: гу̀дба
  
  Latin: gùdba
- Slovene: gọ̑dba (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: hudba
  - Czech: hudba
- Old Polish: gędźba
  - Polish: gędźba (obsolete)
- Slovak: hudba