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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/obьťa

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 1

Nominalization of *obьťa (“common”).

Noun

*obьťa f[1]

  1. (North Slavic) Synonym of *obьťь (“community”)
Declension
Declension of *obьťa (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *obьťa *obьťi *obьťę̇
genitive *obьťę̇ *obьťu *obьťь
dative *obьťi *obьťama *obьťamъ
accusative *obьťǫ *obьťi *obьťę̇
instrumental *obьťejǫ, *obьťǫ** *obьťama *obьťami
locative *obьťi *obьťu *obьťasъ, *obьťaxъ*
vocative *obьťe *obьťi *obьťę̇
* -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: *обьча (*obĭča)
      • Russian: (dialectal) о́бча (óbča), обча́ (občá)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: obcě
    • Old Slovak: obca
      • Slovak: (dialectal) obca

Etymology 2

Adjective

*obьťa

  1. feminine nominative singular of *obьťь
  2. masculine/neuter genitive singular of *obьťь
  3. masculine nominative/accusative/vocative dual of *obьťь
  4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of *obьťь

References
  1. Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “obьtjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 31 (*obvelčenьje – *obžьniviny), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 161

Further reading
  • Králik, Ľubor (2016) “obec”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 393
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