Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korbi

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

From *kȏrbъ +‎ *-i. Compare Lithuanian kar̃bija.

Noun

*korbi f[1][2]

  1. box, chest

Declension

Declension of *korbľà (ī-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *korbľà *kȏrbľi *kȏrbľę̇
genitive *korbľę̇́ *korbľù *kõrbľь
dative *korbľì *korbľàma *korbľàmъ
accusative *kȏrbľǫ *kȏrbľi *kȏrbľę̇
instrumental *korbľejǫ́ *korbľàma *korbľàmi
locative *kȏrbľī *korbľù *korbľàsъ, *korbľàxъ*
vocative *korbľe *kȏrbľi *kȏrbľę̇

* -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: коробиꙗ (korobija)
      • Old Ruthenian: коробьꙗ (korobʹja), коробꙗ (korobja)
        • Belarusian: (dialectal) коробэ́й m (korobéj)
      • Russian: (dialectal) ко́робья́ (kórobʹjá), коробея́ (korobejá)
    • Old Novgorodian: коробиꙗ (korobija)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱃⰰⰱⰻⰻ (krabii)
      Old Cyrillic script: крабии (krabii)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: крабија
      Latin script: krabija
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korbьja/*korbьji”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 55
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “korbi”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c