Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zъloba

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 *zъlъ +‎ *-oba.

Noun

*zъloba f

1. evil, wickedness
2. anger

Declension

Declension of *zъloba (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zъloba	*zъlobě	*zъloby
genitive	*zъloby	*zъlobu	*zъlobъ
dative	*zъlobě	*zъlobama	*zъlobamъ
accusative	*zъlobǫ	*zъlobě	*zъloby
instrumental	*zъlobojǫ, *zъlobǫ**	*zъlobama	*zъlobami
locative	*zъlobě	*zъlobu	*zъlobasъ, *zъlobaxъ*
vocative	*zъlobo	*zъlobě	*zъloby

^* -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

• East Slavic
  • Old East Slavic: зълоба (zŭloba)
    • Russian: зло́ба (zlóba)
    • Ukrainian: зло́ба (zlóba), злоба́ (zlobá)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: зълоба (zŭloba)

  • Bulgarian: злоба (zloba)
  • Macedonian: злоба (zloba)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зло̀ба

    Latin script: zlòba

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zloba
  • Old Polish: zgłoba, złoba
    • Polish: złoba (obsolete)

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “злоба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 646