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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъbъ

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

Indo-European cognates include Tocharian A lap (“head”) and Greek λόφος (lófos, “crest”); the source lemma is tentatively reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-.[1] Compare *lubъ (“bast”), probably from the same source.

Noun

*lъbъ m[2][3][4]

  1. skull

Declension
Declension of *lъ̀bъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *lъ̀bъ *lъbà *lъbì
genitive *lъbà *lъbù *lъ̀bъ
dative *lъbù *lъbòma *lъbòmъ
accusative *lъ̀bъ *lъbà *lъbỳ
instrumental *lъbъ̀mь, *lъbòmь* *lъbòma *lъ̀by
locative *lъbě̀ *lъbù *lъ̀běxъ
vocative *lъbe *lъbà *lъbì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лъбъ (lŭbŭ), лобъ (lobŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: лобъ (lob)
        • Belarusian: лоб (lob); лоп (lop), луо́б (luób), ло̂б (lôb) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: лоб (lob), ліб (lib)
      • Russian: лоб (lob)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: лъбъ (lŭbŭ), лобъ (lobŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰾⱏⰱⱏ (lŭbŭ), ⰾⱁⰱⱏ (lobŭ)
      • Russian Church Slavonic: лъбъ (lŭbŭ), лобъ (lobŭ)
    • Bulgarian: лъбъ (lǎb), лъб (lǎb)
    • Slovene: lèb, lǝ̏b (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: leb
      • Czech: leb (archaic)
    • Old Polish: łeb
      • Polish: łeb; u̯ep (dialectal)
      • → Old Ruthenian: лебъ (leb)
        • Belarusian: лэб (leb), лэп (lep) (dialectal)
    • Slovak: leb (archaic)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λόφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 873-74
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъbъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lъbъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 293: “m. o ‘skull’”
  4. Olander, Thomas (2001) “lъbъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b? pande (PR 134)”
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