Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obьťa

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 1

Nominalization of *obьťa (“common”).

Noun

*obьťa f

1. (North Slavic) Synonym of *obьťь (“community”)

Declension

Declension of *obьťa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obьťa	*obьťi	*obьťę̇
genitive	*obьťę̇	*obьťu	*obьťь
dative	*obьťi	*obьťama	*obьťamъ
accusative	*obьťǫ	*obьťi	*obьťę̇
instrumental	*obьťejǫ, *obьťǫ**	*obьťama	*obьťami
locative	*obьťi	*obьťu	*obьťasъ, *obьťaxъ*
vocative	*obьťe	*obьťi	*obьťę̇

^* -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: *обьча (*obĭča)
    • Russian: (dialectal) о́бча (óbča), обча́ (občá)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: obcě
  • Old Slovak: obca
    • Slovak: (dialectal) obca

Etymology 2

Adjective

*obьťa

1. feminine nominative singular of *obьťь
2. masculine/neuter genitive singular of *obьťь
3. masculine nominative/accusative/vocative dual of *obьťь
4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of *obьťь

Further reading

• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “obec”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 393