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

1. (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

Further reading

• 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), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 944