Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svoboda

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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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PIE word
*swé

From *svobь, from Proto-Indo-European *swo-bʰo-/*swe-bʰo- (synchronically derived from *svojь), + *-oda. Same extension in Latvian atsvabināt (to free), Old Prussian subs, Proto-Germanic *swēbaz m, *sibjō f, Latin Sabīnī, Sabellī, Samnium. For the suffix cf. *agoda.

Noun

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*svobodà f

  1. freedom

Inflection

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Declension of *svobodà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *svobodà *svȍbodě *svȍbody
genitive *svobodý *svobodù *svobòdъ
dative *svobodě̀ *svobodàma *svobodàmъ
accusative *svȍbodǫ *svȍbodě *svȍbody
instrumental *svobodojǫ́ *svobodàma *svobodàmi
locative *svȍbodě *svobodù *svobodàsъ, *svobodàxъ*
vocative *svobodo *svȍbodě *svȍbody

* -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.

Declension of *svobodà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *svobodà *svobòdě *svobodỳ
genitive *svobodỳ *svobodù *svobòdъ
dative *svobodě̀ *svobodàma *svobodàmъ
accusative *svobodǫ̀ *svobòdě *svobodỳ
instrumental *svobodòjǫ, *svobòdǫ** *svobodàma *svobodàmī
locative *svobodě̀ *svobodù *svobodàsъ, *svobodàxъ*
vocative *svobodo *svobòdě *svobodỳ

* -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).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Some forms feature dissimilation u̯…b > l…b.

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See also

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References

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