Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dabas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-o-s, from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to model, to fashion”). Cognate with Latvian daba (“nature”), Lithuanian dabà (“habit, characteristic”).
Adjective
*dobъ
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dobъ | *doba | *dobo |
| genitive | *doba | *doby | *doba |
| dative | *dobu | *době | *dobu |
| accusative | *dobъ | *dobǫ | *dobo |
| instrumental | *dobomь | *dobojǫ | *dobomь |
| locative | *době | *době | *době |
| vocative | *dobe | *dobo | *dobo |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *doba | *době | *době |
| genitive | *dobu | *dobu | *dobu |
| dative | *doboma | *dobama | *doboma |
| accusative | *doba | *době | *době |
| instrumental | *doboma | *dobama | *doboma |
| locative | *dobu | *dobu | *dobu |
| vocative | *doba | *době | *době |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *dobi | *doby | *doba |
| genitive | *dobъ | *dobъ | *dobъ |
| dative | *dobomъ | *dobamъ | *dobomъ |
| accusative | *doby | *doby | *doba |
| instrumental | *doby | *dobami | *doby |
| locative | *doběxъ | *dobaxъ | *doběxъ |
| vocative | *dobi | *doby | *doba |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dobъjь | *dobaja | *doboje |
| genitive | *dobajego | *dobyję̇ | *dobajego |
| dative | *dobujemu | *doběji | *dobujemu |
| accusative | *dobъjь | *dobǫjǫ | *doboje |
| instrumental | *dobyjimь | *dobǫjǫ | *dobyjimь |
| locative | *dobějemь | *doběji | *dobějemь |
| vocative | *dobъjь | *dobaja | *doboje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *dobaja | *doběji | *doběji |
| genitive | *dobuju | *dobuju | *dobuju |
| dative | *dobyjima | *dobyjima | *dobyjima |
| accusative | *dobaja | *doběji | *doběji |
| instrumental | *dobyjima | *dobyjima | *dobyjima |
| locative | *dobuju | *dobuju | *dobuju |
| vocative | *dobaja | *doběji | *doběji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *dobiji | *dobyję̇ | *dobaja |
| genitive | *dobъjixъ | *dobъjixъ | *dobъjixъ |
| dative | *dobyjimъ | *dobyjimъ | *dobyjimъ |
| accusative | *dobyję̇ | *dobyję̇ | *dobaja |
| instrumental | *dobyjimi | *dobyjimi | *dobyjimi |
| locative | *dobyjixъ | *dobyjixъ | *dobyjixъ |
| vocative | *dobiji | *dobyję̇ | *dobaja |
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: dial. добо́й (dobój), доб (dob), доб-здоров (dob-zdorov), доб-парень (dob-parenʹ)
- Ukrainian: dial. до́бий (dóbyj)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 47