Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)pora

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

Deverbal of *o(b)perti (“to recline, to lean”), derived from *perti (“to push, to press”)

Noun

*o(b)pora f

  1. support, basis, foothold

Declension

Declension of *o(b)pora (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *o(b)pora *o(b)porě *o(b)pory
genitive *o(b)pory *o(b)poru *o(b)porъ
dative *o(b)porě *o(b)porama *o(b)poramъ
accusative *o(b)porǫ *o(b)porě *o(b)pory
instrumental *o(b)porojǫ, *o(b)porǫ** *o(b)porama *o(b)porami
locative *o(b)porě *o(b)poru *o(b)porasъ, *o(b)poraxъ*
vocative *o(b)poro *o(b)porě *o(b)pory

* -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: апо́ра (apóra); опо́ра (opóra) (dialectal)
    • Russian: опо́ра (opóra)
    • Ukrainian: опо́ра (opóra)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2001), “*obpora”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 28 (*oblězti – *obpovědanьje), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 260
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “опо́ра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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