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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xarobura
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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
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
Compound of *xarъ (“dilapidated, shabby”) + *-o- + *bura or *buriti. The analysis as an expressive transformation of *xarobylьje.
Declension
Declension of *xarobura (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *xarobura | *xaroburě | *xarobury |
| genitive | *xarobury | *xaroburu | *xaroburъ |
| dative | *xaroburě | *xaroburama | *xaroburamъ |
| accusative | *xaroburǫ | *xaroburě | *xarobury |
| instrumental | *xaroburojǫ, *xaroburǫ** | *xaroburama | *xaroburami |
| locative | *xaroburě | *xaroburu | *xaroburasъ, *xaroburaxъ* |
| vocative | *xaroburo | *xaroburě | *xarobury |
* -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).
Related terms
- *xarъ (“gloomy, dark; dilapidated, shabby”)
- *xorъ (“dark, black”)
- *xorxoriti (“to brag, show off; to be defiant”)
- *xorostь (“beauty, pleasantness; convenience”)
- *xoroščьnъ (“beautiful; good”)
- *xorovitъ (“beautiful; kind, fine”)
Descendants
- West Slavic:
- Czech: (dialectal) charabura (“weak, sick person”)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xarobylьje? / *xarobura ?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 20
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