Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ďupa

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *djaupāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewp-eh₂, from *dʰewp-, alternative form of *dʰewbʰ- (deep).[1][2][3] Doublet of *dupa.

Noun

*ďupa f[1][2][3]

  1. hole

Inflection

Declension of *ďupa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ďupa *ďupě *ďupy
genitive *ďupy *ďupu *ďupъ
dative *ďupě *ďupama *ďupamъ
accusative *ďupǫ *ďupě *ďupy
instrumental *ďupojǫ, *ďupǫ** *ďupama *ďupami
locative *ďupě *ďupu *ďupasъ, *ďupaxъ*
vocative *ďupo *ďupě *ďupy

* -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:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: ďupa (dialectal)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zaliznyak, Andrey (2013) “К истории слов. Просторечное жопа”, in Slavica Svetlanica. Язык и картина мира[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Indrik, →ISBN, pages 36–41:*djupa
  2. 2.0 2.1 Anikin, A. E. (2023) “жóпа”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 51
  3. 3.0 3.1 Anikin, A. E. (2021) “дýпа”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 15 (друг – еренга), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 128:жóпа < жýпа < *djupa < *dheup-āžópa < žýpa < *djupa < *dheup-ā

Further reading

  • Gippius, A. A. (actor) (December 19, 2020), “«Игра в слова»: берестяная грамота № 1131 в эпиграфическом контексте” (25:35 from the start), in Эпиграфические итоги 2020 года[2] (in Russian), Institute for Slavic Studies of the RAS
  • Vasmer, Max (1967) “жо́па”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 61
  • Stavytska, L. O. (2008) “жо́па”, in Українська мова без табу [Ukrainian Language without Taboos] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Krytyka, →ISBN, page 169