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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьba

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Originally the suffix proper is *-ba, with *-ь and *-o abstracted from i- and o-stem basewords, respectively. Sometimes the original abstract noun in *-ь is still preserved, e.g.

  • *bornь (“defense; fight; dispute”) → *bornьba
  • *rězь (“cut, cutting”) → *rězьba

Further, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ba, from Proto-Indo-European *-bʰo-, *-bʰeh₂ found in nouns and adjectives.

Cognate with Lithuanian -ýba, -ỹbė and Latvian -ība.

Suffix

*-ьba f

  1. Forms action nouns from verbs.
    *družьba (“company”) ⇐ družiti sę (“to socialize, get together”) ⇐ *drugъ
    *služьba (“service, serving”) ⇐ *služiti (“to serve”) ⇐ *sluga
    *gǫdьba (“band”) ⇐ *gǫsti (“to play a string instrument”) < *gǫdti

Declension
Declension of *-ьba (hard a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *-ьba *-ьbě *-ьby
Accusative *-ьbǫ *-ьbě *-ьby
Genitive *-ьby *-ьbu *-ьbъ
Locative *-ьbě *-ьbu *-ьbasъ, *-ьbaxъ*
Dative *-ьbě *-ьbama *-ьbamъ
Instrumental *-ьbojǫ, *-ьbǫ** *-ьbama *-ьbami
Vocative *-ьbo *-ьbě *-ьby
* -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).

Usage notes
  • Usually derived from verbs ending in -i- and rarely from verbs ending in -C-
  • Usually it's not used with roots ending in b/p/v/m (see *-ьda, *-ežь).

Alternative forms

See also

Derived terms
► <a href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_words_suffixed_with_*-%D1%8Cba' title='Category:Proto-Slavic words suffixed with *-ьba'>Proto-Slavic words suffixed with *-ьba</a>
► <a href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_words_suffixed_with_*-%D1%8Cda' title='Category:Proto-Slavic words suffixed with *-ьda'>Proto-Slavic words suffixed with *-ьda</a>

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: -ьба (-ĭba)
      Glagolitic: -ⱐⰱⰰ (-ĭba)
    • Bulgarian: -ба (-ba)
    • Macedonian: -ба (-ba)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: -ба
      Latin: -ba
    • Slovene: -ba
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: -ba
    • Polish: -ba
    • Slovak: -ba
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: -ba
      • Lower Sorbian: -ba

Further reading
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