Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obilьje

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

From *obilъ +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*obilьje n

1. abundance

Inflection

Declension of *obilьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*obilьje	*obilьji	*obilьja
genitive	*obilьja	*obilьju	*obilьjь
dative	*obilьju	*obilьjema	*obilьjemъ
accusative	*obilьje	*obilьji	*obilьja
instrumental	*obilьjьmь, *obilьjemь*	*obilьjema	*obilьji
locative	*obilьji	*obilьju	*obilьjixъ
vocative	*obilьje	*obilьji	*obilьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: оби́лие (obílije)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: обилиѥ (obilije)

  • Bulgarian: обѝлие (obìlie)

    ⇒ Bulgarian: изобѝлие (izobìlie)

  • Macedonian: оби́лие (obílie)

    ⇒ Macedonian: изоби́лие (izobílie)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̀бӣље

    Latin script: òbīlje

  • Slovene: obilje
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: obilé
    • Czech: obilí (“grain, cereals”)
  • Old Polish: obile (“grain, cereals”)
    • Polish: obile (Middle Polish)
  • Slovak: obilie

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “обилие”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 744