Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jebľa

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

With epenthetic */l/ from earlier *jèbja, from *jetì (“to copulate, to fuck”) +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*jèbľa f^[1]

sexual intercourse, copulation

Declension

Declension of *jebľa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jebľa	*jebľi	*jebľę̇
genitive	*jebľę̇	*jebľu	*jebľь
dative	*jebľi	*jebľama	*jebľamъ
accusative	*jebľǫ	*jebľi	*jebľę̇
instrumental	jebľejǫ, jebľǫ^**	*jebľama	*jebľami
locative	*jebľi	*jebľu	jebľasъ, jebľaxъ^*
vocative	*jebľe	*jebľi	*jebľę̇

^* -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:
- Old East Slavic: *ѥблꙗ (*jeblja)
  - Old Ruthenian: *єблꙗ (*jeblja)
    - Ukrainian: ї́бля (jíblja), є́бля (jéblja)
  - Russian: е́бля (jéblja), ёбля (jóblja)

References

^ Anikin, A. E. (2021) “ёб”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 228: “éбля, ëбля < *jeb-ja ― éblja, ëblja < *jeb-ja”

[1] Anikin, A. E. (2021) “ёб”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 228: “éбля, ëбля < *jeb-ja ― éblja, ëblja < *jeb-ja”

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