Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)sьčaulъ

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 reconstructions

  • *o(b)ščeulъ

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from *o(b)- +‎ *sьcati (“to piss”) +‎ *ula (“street”) +‎ *-ъ. See *o(b)sьcati and *ùlica. Originally literally “someone who pisses on the street (urinates in public places)”.

Noun

*o(b)sьčaulъ m[1]

  1. a person with bad qualities (e.g. crafty, cunning, flattering, deceitful, deceiver, rogue, envious, greedy, talker, scoffer, slacker, bribetaker)

Declension

Declension of *o(b)sьčaulъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *o(b)sьčaulъ *o(b)sьčaula *o(b)sьčauli
genitive *o(b)sьčaula *o(b)sьčaulu *o(b)sьčaulъ
dative *o(b)sьčaulu *o(b)sьčauloma *o(b)sьčaulomъ
accusative *o(b)sьčaulъ *o(b)sьčaula *o(b)sьčauly
instrumental *o(b)sьčaulъmь, *o(b)sьčaulomь* *o(b)sьčauloma *o(b)sьčauly
locative *o(b)sьčaulě *o(b)sьčaulu *o(b)sьčaulěxъ
vocative *o(b)sьčaule *o(b)sьčaula *o(b)sьčauli

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

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seykʷ- (0 c, 10 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ощеулъ (oščeulŭ), ощаулъ (oščaulŭ)
      • Russian: ощеу́л (oščeúl), ощау́л (oščaúl), ощеу́ла f (oščeúla), ощеу́ла f (oščeúla), общеу́л (obščeúl) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Russian: ощеу́лить (oščeúlitʹ), ощеву́литься (oščevúlitʹsja) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Middle Russian: о́щоулникъ (óščoulnik) (18ᵗʰ c.)
        • Russian: ощеу́льник (oščeúlʹnik), ошау́льник (ošaúlʹnik) (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obščeulъ?/*obsьčaulъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 151
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