Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/osъpa

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 *osuti (“to secrete, to pour”) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*osъpa f

(pathology) smallpox

Declension

Declension of *osъpa (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*osъpa	*osъpě	*osъpy
genitive	*osъpy	*osъpu	*osъpъ
dative	*osъpě	*osъpama	*osъpamъ
accusative	*osъpǫ	*osъpě	*osъpy
instrumental	osъpojǫ, osъpǫ^**	*osъpama	*osъpami
locative	*osъpě	*osъpu	osъpasъ, osъpaxъ^*
vocative	*osъpo	*osъpě	*osъpy

^* -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).

Related terms

*sỳpati (“to pour, to spew”)
*osypъ (“rash”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: осъпа (osŭpa)
  - Belarusian: во́спа (vóspa)
  - Russian: о́спа (óspa)
  - Ukrainian: ві́спа (víspa)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: осъпа (osŭpa)
  - Bulgarian: о́спа (óspa)
- Macedonian:
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏спа / ȍspa
  - ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: о̏спице / ȍspice
- ⇒ Slovene: óspice
West Slavic:
- Czech:
- Polish: ospa
- Slovak:
  - ⇒ Slovak: osýpky
- Sorbian:
  - ⇒ Lower Sorbian: wospica
  - ⇒ Upper Sorbian: wospica

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́спа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “оспа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 944