Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dǫbrava

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 forms

Etymology

Most likely containing *dǫ̑bъ (“oak”) via a *-rъ adjective *dǫbrъ. For the semantic development from “oak” to “forest”, compare Ottoman Turkish میشه (meşe) which developed just in the reverse direction from “forest” to “oak” in about half a millennium, however the suffix is uncertain and the derivation of the word for the oak too.

Noun

*dǫbrava f

  1. oakwood, oak grove
  2. forest in general

Inflection

Declension of *dǫbravà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *dǫbravà *dǫ̑bravě *dǫ̑bravy
genitive *dǫbravý *dǫbravù *dǫbrãvъ
dative *dǫbravě̀ *dǫbravàma *dǫbravàmъ
accusative *dǫ̑bravǫ *dǫ̑bravě *dǫ̑bravy
instrumental *dǫbravojǫ́ *dǫbravàma *dǫbravàmi
locative *dǫ̑bravě *dǫbravù *dǫbravàsъ, *dǫbravàxъ*
vocative *dǫbravo *dǫ̑bravě *dǫ̑bravy

* -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.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дꙋброва (dubrova), дꙋбрава (dubrava)
      • Belarusian: дубро́ва (dubróva)
      • Russian: дубро́ва (dubróva)
      • Ukrainian: дібро́ва (dibróva)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dǫbrava/*dǫbrova”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 93
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дубрава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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