Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫdьba

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

*gǫsti +*-ьba

Noun

*gǫdьba f

  1. humming

Declension

Declension of *gǫdьba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gǫdьba *gǫdьbě *gǫdьby
genitive *gǫdьby *gǫdьbu *gǫdьbъ
dative *gǫdьbě *gǫdьbama *gǫdьbamъ
accusative *gǫdьbǫ *gǫdьbě *gǫdьby
instrumental *gǫdьbojǫ, *gǫdьbǫ** *gǫdьbama *gǫdьbami
locative *gǫdьbě *gǫdьbu *gǫdьbasъ, *gǫdьbaxъ*
vocative *gǫdьbo *gǫdьbě *gǫdьby

* -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:
    • Belarusian: гудзьба́ (hudzʹbá) (obsolete)
    • Russian: гудьба́ (gudʹbá)
    • Ukrainian: гудьба́ (hudʹbá) (dialectal or rare)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete)
      Cyrillic: гу̀дба
      Latin: gùdba
    • Slovene: gọ̑dba (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫdьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 81
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