Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/služьba
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From *služiti (< *slūgà) + *-ьba.
Noun edit
*slùžьba f
Declension edit
Declension of *služьba (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *služьba | *služьbě | *služьby |
| genitive | *služьby | *služьbu | *služьbъ |
| dative | *služьbě | *služьbama | *služьbamъ |
| accusative | *služьbǫ | *služьbě | *služьby |
| instrumental | *služьbojǫ, *služьbǫ** | *služьbama | *služьbami |
| locative | *služьbě | *služьbu | *služьbasъ, *služьbaxъ* |
| vocative | *služьbo | *služьbě | *služьby |
* -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).
** 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 edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “слу́жба”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “служба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 123
References edit
- ^ Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “служба”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 441