Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xvoroba

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 *xvorъ +‎ *-oba.

Noun edit

*xvoroba f

disease, illness

Declension edit

Declension of *xvoroba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xvoroba	*xvorobě	*xvoroby
genitive	*xvoroby	*xvorobu	*xvorobъ
dative	*xvorobě	*xvorobama	*xvorobamъ
accusative	*xvorobǫ	*xvorobě	*xvoroby
instrumental	xvorobojǫ, xvorobǫ^**	*xvorobama	*xvorobami
locative	*xvorobě	*xvorobu	xvorobasъ, xvorobaxъ^*
vocative	*xvorobo	*xvorobě	*xvoroby

^* -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).

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *хворо́ба (*xvoróba)
  - Old Ruthenian: хворо́ба (xvoróba); форо́ба (foróba) (dialectal)
    - Belarusian: хваро́ба (xvaróba)
    - Ukrainian: хворо́ба (xvoróba)
  - Russian: хворо́ба (xvoróba) (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Czech: choroba
- Old Polish: choroba
  - Masurian: choroba
  - Polish: choroba
    - → Old Ruthenian: хоро́ба (xoróba) (dialectal)
      - Ukrainian: хоро́ба (xoróba) (dialectal)
        → Russian: хоро́ба (xoróba) (dialectal)
  - Silesian: choroba
- Old Slovak: choroba
  - Slovak: choroba
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: chòroba
  - Slovincian: chôrôba
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: chóroba
  - Upper Sorbian: khoroba