Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)gorda

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

Deverbal from *o(b)gorditi, from *gorditi.

Noun

*ogorda f

  1. fence
  2. enclosure, yard
    Synonym: *zagorda

Inflection

Declension of *o(b)gorda (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *o(b)gorda *o(b)gordě *o(b)gordy
genitive *o(b)gordy *o(b)gordu *o(b)gordъ
dative *o(b)gordě *o(b)gordama *o(b)gordamъ
accusative *o(b)gordǫ *o(b)gordě *o(b)gordy
instrumental *o(b)gordojǫ, *o(b)gordǫ** *o(b)gordama *o(b)gordami
locative *o(b)gordě *o(b)gordu *o(b)gordasъ, *o(b)gordaxъ*
vocative *o(b)gordo *o(b)gordě *o(b)gordy

* -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

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ограда (ograda)
    • Bulgarian: огра́да (ográda)
    • Macedonian: ограда (ograda)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: о̏града
      Latin script: ȍgrada
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2000), “*obgradъ/*obgorda/*obgordь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 27 (*obgordja/*obgordjь – *oblězati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 7