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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/borьba
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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
Declension
Declension of *borьba (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *borьba | *borьbě | *borьby |
| Accusative | *borьbǫ | *borьbě | *borьby |
| Genitive | *borьby | *borьbu | *borьbъ |
| Locative | *borьbě | *borьbu | *borьbasъ, *borьbaxъ* |
| Dative | *borьbě | *borьbama | *borьbamъ |
| Instrumental | *borьbojǫ, *borьbǫ** | *borьbama | *borьbami |
| Vocative | *borьbo | *borьbě | *borьby |
* -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).
** 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
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “борьба”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1975), “*borьba”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Nauka, page 218
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “борба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 68
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