Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)pytъ

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 *o(b)pytati +‎ *-ъ, from *pytati (“to ask, examine”).

Noun

*o(b)pytъ m

  1. probe, trial
    Synonym: *kusъ
  2. (by abstraction) experience

Declension

Declension of *o(b)pytъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *o(b)pytъ *o(b)pyta *o(b)pyti
genitive *o(b)pyta *o(b)pytu *o(b)pytъ
dative *o(b)pytu *o(b)pytoma *o(b)pytomъ
accusative *o(b)pytъ *o(b)pyta *o(b)pyty
instrumental *o(b)pytъmь, *o(b)pytomь* *o(b)pytoma *o(b)pyty
locative *o(b)pytě *o(b)pytu *o(b)pytěxъ
vocative *o(b)pyte *o(b)pyta *o(b)pyti

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: опꙑтъ (opytŭ), опутъ (oputŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: о́пытъ (ópyt)
      • Russian: о́пыт (ópyt); о́пут (óput) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: opyt
      • Polish: opyt (obsolete)
    • Old Slovak: opyt
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wopyt

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obpytъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 49
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “о́пыт”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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