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

evil, wickedness
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)
- Old Slovak:
  - Pannonian Rusyn: злоба (zloba)